---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fire service equipment and training funds for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies"
description: "Relating to fire service equipment and training funds for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2439"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2439 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb226a8a-2106-4ca4-a171-e5e9da712d4c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2439&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7bf3a7575c3aa30272a981faa1838262e239e4fb8ba49c4429cf9cd28d8b6cf1"
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 2439 (2019) — Relating to fire service equipment and training funds for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies

## 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=HB2439%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2439)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2439%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2439)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2439%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2439)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Sponaugle — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-15** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Government Organization
- **2019-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2019-02-05** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 205) `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-20** House Message received
- **2019-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 350) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/9/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/9/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/9/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 223, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb226a8a-2106-4ca4-a171-e5e9da712d4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).