---
type: "Bill"
title: "Placing a limited moratorium on new municipal fire fees imposed on non-municipal residents"
description: "Placing a limited moratorium on new municipal fire fees imposed on non-municipal residents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20242S"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "West Virginia HB 244 (20242S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-10-07"
last_action: "2024-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dba0b82-b427-4e9d-ada0-dc4f58527345"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=244&year=2024&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "22d067426b5c3412765a1cdefaf3fc71722dbf1a49d8b2812dfcf6eb64478bc8"
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 244 (20242S) — Placing a limited moratorium on new municipal fire fees imposed on non-municipal residents

## 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=hb244%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=244)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb244%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=244)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–22** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **74–15** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **79–12** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **24–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-10-07** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-10-07** Immediate consideration
- **2024-10-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-07** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-08** Do pass
- **2024-10-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-08** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 937)
- **2024-10-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-08** Passed House (Roll No. 938) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 939)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-10-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-10-08** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-10-08** Immediate consideration
- **2024-10-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-08** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 90)
- **2024-10-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 91) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 91)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to House
- **2024-10-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-10-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-31** Chapter 33, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary 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/2dba0b82-b427-4e9d-ada0-dc4f58527345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).