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type: "Bill"
title: "Creating WV Volunteer Fire and Rescue Act of 2018"
description: "Creating WV Volunteer Fire and Rescue Act of 2018"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 625"
citation: "West Virginia SB 625 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaunch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-19"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1f41c63-f6a1-409e-9673-a5cde9c677f1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=625&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "de5ebfbd3d13599a1e4ffac468027a4b62938601e4092743d6f8fe80c2c26862"
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 SB 625 (2018) — Creating WV Volunteer Fire and Rescue Act of 2018
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB625%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=625)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB625%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=625)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB625%20ORG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=625)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **330** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **961** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Gaunch — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-19** Originating in Senate Government Organization
- **2018-02-19** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 222) `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Finance
- **2018-02-28** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-03** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 477) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 505)
- **2018-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2018-03-10** Senate reconsidered amendment (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-10** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 514)
- **2018-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 547)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 211, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1f41c63-f6a1-409e-9673-a5cde9c677f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).