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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Water and Wastewater Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Act"
description: "Relating to Water and Wastewater Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 551"
citation: "West Virginia SB 551 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d45a0108-112d-4ce9-9dda-ae3807cb0e40"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=551&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5fdf14f7a4447891b57d05cf88ec09bae11f8bea2cf87b01f57a72e39a94dae3"
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 551 (2020) — Relating to Water and Wastewater Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB551%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=551)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB551%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=551)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB551%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=551)
4. **SB551 H FIN AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB551 H FIN AMT adopted.htm)
5. **SB551 HFIN AM adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB551 HFIN AM adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **8911** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Smith — primary (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 69) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 651) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 611)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3\25\20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 345, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d45a0108-112d-4ce9-9dda-ae3807cb0e40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).