republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/sb-577.md

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Bill	Exempting certain fire departments from licensure requirements for providing rapid response services	Exempting certain fire departments from licensure requirements for providing rapid response services	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	SB 577	West Virginia SB 577 (2021)	bill	Public Safety	enacted	Phillips	2	36	1	2021-03-05	2021-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/b8a588d8-0612-43fa-9a12-6e5abe424a47	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=577&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	170188d224c104d81c01cb72196cb0e09b702a92a862340e92ea610b557ef3a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 577 (2021) — Exempting certain fire departments from licensure requirements for providing rapid response services

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Phillips — primary (person)
• Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Stollings — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-05 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-03-05 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2021-03-05 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-03-05 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2021-03-22 On 1st reading
• 2021-03-22 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-23 On 2nd reading
• 2021-03-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-24 On 3rd reading
• 2021-03-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-24 Passed Senate (Roll No. 183) passage
• 2021-03-24 Effective from passage (Roll No. 183)
• 2021-03-24 Ordered to House
• 2021-03-25 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-03-25 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2021-04-01 Do pass
• 2021-04-02 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-04-05 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-06 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-06 Passed House (Roll No. 465) passage
• 2021-04-06 Effective from passage (Roll No. 466)
• 2021-04-06 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-06 Completed legislative action
• 2021-04-07 House Message received
• 2021-04-13 To Governor 4/13/21 executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/13/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/13/14 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
• 2021-04-19 Approved by Governor 4/19/21 executive-signature
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
• 2021-05-24 Chapter 228, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8a588d8-0612-43fa-9a12-6e5abe424a47. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).