---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts"
description: "Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2695"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2695 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynor"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a01fa8f5-40d9-4280-b5c1-edf961ecef14"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2695&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a0bb13130a1d3ccf5fad2c66029b4b0a84c1164d6e5d887a3eae889cf65957e4"
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 2695 (2025) — Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts

## 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=hb2695%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2695)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2695%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2695)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2695%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2695)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2695%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2695)
5. **hb2695 hfa riley 3-26 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2695%20hfa%20riley%203-26%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb2695 hfat kelly 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2695%20hfat%20kelly%204-11%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb2695 s ecd am _1 4-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2695%20s%20ecd%20am%20_1%204-2%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb2695 sfa jeffries _3 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2695%20sfa%20jeffries%20_3%204-11%20adopted.htm)
9. **hb2695 sfat jeffries _5 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2695%20sfat%20jeffries%20_5%204-11%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **82–10** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **87–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynor — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Roop — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-20** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-03-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** Passed House (Roll No. 235) `passage`
- **2025-03-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-01** To Economic Development then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2025-04-11** Deferred until after consideration of HB3492
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2025-04-11** Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 508) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Com. title amend withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 573)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 599)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 175, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a01fa8f5-40d9-4280-b5c1-edf961ecef14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).