---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing a program for emergency medical services personnel to become certified paramedics"
description: "Relating to establishing a program for emergency medical services personnel to become certified paramedics"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5347"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5347 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennings"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19cf0e12-27d7-4be0-8e7a-7336d0c145b6"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5347&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "220c54de8c041532bd7a483df03d5b195b823479569d6e98858b02c9c92cb923"
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 5347 (2024) — Relating to establishing a program for emergency medical services personnel to become certified paramedics

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5347%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5347)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5347%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5347)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5347%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5347)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5347%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5347)
5. **hb5347 hfa summers 2-19 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5347%20hfa%20summers%202-19%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5347 s h_hr am _ 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5347%20s%20h_hr%20am%20_%202-27%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5347 s h_hr amt _ 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5347%20s%20h_hr%20amt%20_%202-27%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT July 01, 2024 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT July 01, 2024 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennings — primary (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-30** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-30** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-20** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 254) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 255)
- **2024-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-22** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-28** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-01** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 332) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 332)
- **2024-03-01** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-04** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 442)
- **2024-03-04** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 443)
- **2024-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-05** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - 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 225, 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/19cf0e12-27d7-4be0-8e7a-7336d0c145b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).