---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water and Sewer Operator licensing reciprocity"
description: "Water and Sewer Operator licensing reciprocity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2848"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2848 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96203b11-e634-4c28-b911-9510894d03ac"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2848&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a39091084a72225bde6a5b4f1eec090111d93bb6ff429b99c5cc3d424b2361e2"
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 2848 (2023) — Water and Sewer Operator licensing reciprocity

## 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=hb2848%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2848)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2848%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2848)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2848%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2848)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riley — primary (person)
- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** To Technology and Infrastructure then Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** With amendment, do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 184) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 404) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 262, 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/96203b11-e634-4c28-b911-9510894d03ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).