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type: "Bill"
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title: "Preventing cities from banning utility companies in city limits"
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description: "Preventing cities from banning utility companies in city limits"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2842"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2842 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Municipalities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Higginbotham"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-03-02"
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last_action: "2021-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c80e51c-def1-4e0e-9379-fcfffb6a0962"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2842&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "4812fbc6aac890c21155f28bf704af82db9fe8a3e8d09f4d17c309cc006df35d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 2842 (2021) — Preventing cities from banning utility companies in city limits
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2842%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2842)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2842%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2842)
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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)
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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)
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5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2842%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2842)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Higginbotham — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
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- Householder — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
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- Statler — cosponsor (person)
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- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)
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- Ward, G. — cosponsor (person)
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- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2021-03-02** To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2021-03-02** To House Political Subdivisions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
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- **2021-03-18** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** By substitute, do pass
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- **2021-03-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-03-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-26** Passed House (Roll No. 297) `passage`
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- **2021-03-26** Communicated to Senate
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- **2021-03-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-03-27** To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary
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- **2021-03-27** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
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- **2021-04-01** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-06** On 1st reading
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- **2021-04-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2021-04-07** On 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
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- **2021-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 381) `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2021-04-08** House received Senate message
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- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 538)
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- **2021-04-08** Communicated to Senate
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- **2021-04-08** Completed legislative action
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- **2021-04-09** House Message received
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- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
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- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
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- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-20** Chapter 75, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c80e51c-def1-4e0e-9379-fcfffb6a0962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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