---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directing transfer of moneys into fire protection funds at the end of each year"
description: "Directing transfer of moneys into fire protection funds at the end of each year"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5128"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5128 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration", "Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de67186f-79da-4a99-82f5-e7137860cb12"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5128&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "565c6b1784e4dd990d4242ad68cc05788c1b621be43bccda79d1c3e766daa65e"
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 5128 (2024) — Directing transfer of moneys into fire protection funds at the end of each year

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5128%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5128)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5128%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5128)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-25** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Finance
- **2024-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2024-02-02** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Do pass
- **2024-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 204) `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 372) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 231, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de67186f-79da-4a99-82f5-e7137860cb12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).