---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to county fire service fees"
description: "Relating to county fire service fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 872"
citation: "West Virginia SB 872 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-23"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5207de9-cabd-42fb-b446-e5d97427f117"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=872&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "eb1f8ce48295550674f554c3fd5c28b54a206ff5d8fe4f747df821a643b86089"
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 SB 872 (2024) — Relating to county fire service fees

## 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=sb872%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=872)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb872%20org.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=872)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-23** Originating in Senate Government Organization
- **2024-02-23** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 273) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 273)
- **2024-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Do pass
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 720) `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 721)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 71, 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/d5207de9-cabd-42fb-b446-e5d97427f117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).