--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its' customers" description: "Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its' customers" jurisdiction: "us/states/wv" legislature: "West Virginia Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 3263" citation: "West Virginia HB 3263 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public Service Commission"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Pushkin"] version_count: 5 action_count: 41 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-03-07" last_action: "2025-07-31" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc89ad7f-cb73-465e-8f4e-6f477a1f587c" source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3263&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill" source_hash: "4364cdcdde00a78daf6a5c5099e84500faa39bec49ef5748546381d25cd1fa7b" 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 HB 3263 (2025) — Relating to providing notification of utility service disruption to its' customers ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3263%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3263) 2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3263%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3263) 3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3263%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3263) 4. **hb3263 s t_i am _1 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3263%20s%20t_i%20am%20_1%204-8%20adopted.htm) 5. **hb3263 s trn amt _1 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3263%20s%20trn%20amt%20_1%204-8%20adopted.htm) ## Votes - PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower - PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower - Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Pushkin — primary (person) - Young — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-03-07** Filed for introduction `filing` - **2025-03-07** To Energy and Public Works - **2025-03-07** Introduced in House `introduction` - **2025-03-07** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee` - **2025-03-14** Markup Discussion - **2025-03-18** Do pass - **2025-03-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar - **2025-03-19** Read 1st time `reading-1` - **2025-03-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar - **2025-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-03-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar - **2025-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-03-21** Passed House (Roll No. 146) `passage` - **2025-03-21** Communicated to Senate - **2025-03-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction` - **2025-03-24** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Government Organization - **2025-03-24** To Transportation and Infrastructure - **2025-04-08** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Government Organization `committee-passage` - **2025-04-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee` - **2025-04-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage` - **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration - **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1` - **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading - **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) - **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading - **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 493) `passage` - **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur - **2025-04-12** House received Senate message - **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 609) - **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate - **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action - **2025-04-12** House Message received - **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-29** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 `executive-signature` - **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature` - **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature` - **2025-07-31** Chapter 238, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc89ad7f-cb73-465e-8f4e-6f477a1f587c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).