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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Air Ambulance Patient Protection Act"
description: "Creating the Air Ambulance Patient Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2776"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2776 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5203c5a-9a6a-4a2a-9d42-fefa58e3950e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2776&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "330b0fbc7d56af9b83c5b46c29f9881d39d5dfb317e8c5c55124751ad9335368"
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 2776 (2021) — Creating the Air Ambulance Patient Protection Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2776%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2776)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2776%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2776)
3. **HB2776 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2776 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2776 H JUD AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2776 H JUD AMT adopted.htm)
5. **HB2776 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2776 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2776 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2776 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2776%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2776)
8. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 658)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00658.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Westfall — primary (person)
- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-26** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-26** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Passed House (Roll No. 171) `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Immediate consideration
- **2021-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 459) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 658)
- **2021-04-10** Passed House (Roll No. 659) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 166, 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/b5203c5a-9a6a-4a2a-9d42-fefa58e3950e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).