republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/20242s/hb-244.md

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Bill	Placing a limited moratorium on new municipal fire fees imposed on non-municipal residents	Placing a limited moratorium on new municipal fire fees imposed on non-municipal residents	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	20242S	HB 244	West Virginia HB 244 (20242S)	bill	Governor -- Bills Requested By	enacted	Hanshaw	2	32	4	2024-10-07	2024-10-31	openstates	ocd-bill/2dba0b82-b427-4e9d-ada0-dc4f58527345	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=244&year=2024&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill	22d067426b5c3412765a1cdefaf3fc71722dbf1a49d8b2812dfcf6eb64478bc8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 244 (20242S) — Placing a limited moratorium on new municipal fire fees imposed on non-municipal residents

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 — 69–22 (pass) · lower
• SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — 74–15 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 79–12 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 24–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hanshaw — primary (person)
• Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-10-07 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-10-07 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2024-10-07 Introduced in House introduction
• 2024-10-07 Immediate consideration
• 2024-10-07 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-10-07 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2024-10-08 Do pass
• 2024-10-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-10-08 Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 937)
• 2024-10-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-10-08 Passed House (Roll No. 938) passage
• 2024-10-08 Effective from passage (Roll No. 939)
• 2024-10-08 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-10-08 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-10-08 Committee reference dispensed
• 2024-10-08 Immediate consideration
• 2024-10-08 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-10-08 Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 90)
• 2024-10-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-10-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-10-08 Passed Senate (Roll No. 91) passage
• 2024-10-08 Effective from passage (Roll No. 91)
• 2024-10-08 Communicated to House
• 2024-10-08 Completed legislative action
• 2024-10-08 House received Senate message
• 2024-10-08 To Governor 10/15/2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-10-08 To Governor 10/15/2024 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-10-08 To Governor 10/15/2024 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-10-16 Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 executive-signature
• 2024-10-08 Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2024-10-08 Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2024-10-31 Chapter 33, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2dba0b82-b427-4e9d-ada0-dc4f58527345. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).