---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fairness in Cost-Sharing Calculation Act"
description: "Fairness in Cost-Sharing Calculation Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2770"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2770 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rohrbach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/059a52ac-eaed-41b4-888d-aab8ed38516e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2770&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "83a4675faf4ba02edd6ad546acc6904a82115bc5dfe1d33103ffe64e588a9358"
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 2770 (2019) — Fairness in Cost-Sharing Calculation Act

## 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=HB2770%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2770)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2770%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2770)
3. **HB2770 S H_HR AM _20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2770 S H_HR AM _20 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2770 SFAT _1 MARONEY 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2770 SFAT _1 MARONEY 3-8 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2770%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2770)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rohrbach — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Waxman — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-30** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2019-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 287) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-26** House Message received
- **2019-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2019-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 505) `passage`
- **2019-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 712)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 155, 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/059a52ac-eaed-41b4-888d-aab8ed38516e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).