---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel"
description: "Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "West Virginia SB 445 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b965142-c4fa-4a2f-8e5d-3c97794248d7"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=445&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c8c2ad449c6b15ecac7ea6493f18bf9367e1bed247c66ec292d876b00135f966"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 445 (2024) — Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb445%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=445)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb445%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=445)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb445%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=445)
4. **sb445 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb445%20h%20go%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deeds — primary (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stover — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-25** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 74) `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 74)
- **2024-01-29** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-30** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Government Organization
- **2024-01-30** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 551) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 552)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 469)
- **2024-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 469)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 211, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b965142-c4fa-4a2f-8e5d-3c97794248d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).