republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/hb-2842.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Preventing cities from banning utility companies in city limits	Preventing cities from banning utility companies in city limits	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	HB 2842	West Virginia HB 2842 (2021)	bill	Municipalities	enacted	Higginbotham	5	42	1	2021-03-02	2021-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/3c80e51c-def1-4e0e-9379-fcfffb6a0962	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2842&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	4812fbc6aac890c21155f28bf704af82db9fe8a3e8d09f4d17c309cc006df35d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 2842 (2021) — Preventing cities from banning utility companies in city limits

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2842 S EIM AM _1 3-29 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2842 S EIM AM _1 3-29 adopted.htm)
4. HB2842 S EIM AMT _1 3-29 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2842 S EIM AMT _1 3-29 adopted.htm)
5. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Higginbotham — primary (person)
• Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Ellington — cosponsor (person)
• Householder — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
• Kimble — cosponsor (person)
• Statler — cosponsor (person)
• Wamsley — cosponsor (person)
• Ward, G. — cosponsor (person)
• Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-02 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-03-02 To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-02 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-03-02 To House Political Subdivisions referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Do pass, but first to Judiciary
• 2021-03-18 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 By substitute, do pass
• 2021-03-24 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-24 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-25 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-25 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-26 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-26 Passed House (Roll No. 297) passage
• 2021-03-26 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-03-27 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-03-27 To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary
• 2021-03-27 To Energy, Industry, and Mining
• 2021-04-01 Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-04-01 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-05 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2021-04-06 On 1st reading
• 2021-04-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-04-07 On 2nd reading
• 2021-04-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-08 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2021-04-08 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-04-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-08 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 381) passage
• 2021-04-08 Senate requests House to concur
• 2021-04-08 House received Senate message
• 2021-04-08 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 538)
• 2021-04-08 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-08 Completed legislative action
• 2021-04-09 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 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
• 2021-04-26 Approved by Governor 4/26/21 executive-signature
• 2021-05-20 Chapter 75, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c80e51c-def1-4e0e-9379-fcfffb6a0962. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).