---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia"
description: "Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 2995"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2995 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Overington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/051d246d-bf71-4c56-b9af-cdd36f503f9c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2995&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "52fbababd319289df4b5d1c5d8257072a3760364d7194674260c548bbdca9b96"
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 2995 (2018) — Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2995%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2995)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2995%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2995)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2995%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2995)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **92–4** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **93–4** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Overington — primary (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-24** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 96) `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-15** House Message received
- **2018-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 346) `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-05** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-06** House Message received
- **2018-03-06** Senate refused to recede; requested conference (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-06** Senate appoints conference committee: Smith, Maynard, Baldwin
- **2018-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-06** House agreed to conference
- **2018-03-06** House appointed conferees: Hamrick, Sypolt, Lynch
- **2018-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-06** To conference
- **2018-03-07** House Message received
- **2018-03-08** Conference report filed - House
- **2018-03-08** Conference report filed - Senate
- **2018-03-09** Conference report received-House
- **2018-03-09** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 493)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 489)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 180, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/051d246d-bf71-4c56-b9af-cdd36f503f9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).