---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage"
description: "Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2762"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2762 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nestor"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a5a72c7-95c0-49cb-8b59-a4024c9f5022"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2762&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "581651cdced848f94c100c04c06adc4227c5c71fa67886bdbd0f39e703af61b8"
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 2762 (2023) — Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage

## 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=hb2762%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2762)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2762%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2762)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2762%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2762)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2762%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2762)
5. **hb2762 hfa nestor 2-8 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2762 hfa nestor 2-8 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **hb2762 hfat phillips 2-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2762 hfat phillips 2-8 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nestor — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Honaker — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-18** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Government Organization
- **2023-01-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 94) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 351) `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 283, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a5a72c7-95c0-49cb-8b59-a4024c9f5022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).