---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly"
description: "Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2961"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2961 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fast"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7ccf6c5-2869-4589-8a5a-f5d45e22469b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2961&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4f9fb1bab808194a5589dae6db7c87bffdb7214bd09fec1cca019bf3cca53df3"
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 2961 (2020) — Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly

## 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=HB2961%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2961)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2961%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2961)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2961%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2961)
4. **HB2961 HFA FAST 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 HFA FAST 2-13 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2961 HFAT FAST 2-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 HFAT FAST 2-17 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2961 SFA _1 MARONEY 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 SFA _1 MARONEY 3-7 adopted.htm)
7. **HB2961 SFAT MARONEY 3-6 adopted reconsid withdrawn.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 SFAT MARONEY 3-6 adopted reconsid withdrawn.htm)
8. **HB2961 SFAT _2 maroney 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 SFAT _2 maroney 3-7 adopted.htm)
9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2961%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2961)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **90–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fast — primary (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 201) `passage`
- **2020-02-17** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-18** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
- **2020-02-18** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-05** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-05** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/5/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2020-03-07** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-07** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-07** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 576) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Maroney Title amendment #1 withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-03-07** Maroney Title amendment #2 adopted
- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 779)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 271, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7ccf6c5-2869-4589-8a5a-f5d45e22469b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).