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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if the foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals"
description: "Prohibiting the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if the foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2722"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2722 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90cdd31e-3114-477b-a093-ea636bb38672"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2722&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "01d1f4274e30300659ab85da058bfb1df8155a15070c8d0cfef1421a087c1640"
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 2722 (2021) — Prohibiting the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if the foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals
## 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=HB2722%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2722)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2722%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2722)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2722%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2722)
## Votes
- Passage — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-24** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Judiciary
- **2021-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 127) `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 346) `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 346)
- **2021-04-07** Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date
- **2021-04-08** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate effective date (Voice)
- **2021-04-08** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 511)
- **2021-04-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-07** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-08** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** To Governor 4/14/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 232, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90cdd31e-3114-477b-a093-ea636bb38672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).