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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Medical Services Act"
description: "Emergency Medical Services Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 737"
citation: "West Virginia SB 737 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b494634-718e-4035-98b4-6ae696b81f27"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=737&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cfff0136ea0849780de4261cfe57795421fed0ae341c1f21c182b64445f740dd"
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 737 (2023) — Emergency Medical Services Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb737%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=737)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb737%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=737)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb737%20org.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=737)
4. **sb737 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb737 hfin am adopted.htm)
5. **sb737 sfa tarr _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb737 sfa tarr _1 2-24 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Tarr — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Boley — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-24** Originating in Senate Finance
- **2023-02-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 302) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 707) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 600)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 260, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b494634-718e-4035-98b4-6ae696b81f27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).