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type: "Bill"
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title: "Authorizing the Public Service Commission to promulgate rules for maintenance, flushing, flow testing, and marking of fire hydrants owned by water utilities"
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description: "Authorizing the Public Service Commission to promulgate rules for maintenance, flushing, flow testing, and marking of fire hydrants owned by water utilities"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 5617"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 5617 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Linville"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-12"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/759a4b45-b2d6-4b59-a607-d314c749bafc"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5617&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "2d28a136ac13d9050e9abf80ed640cc3cbe6bfea0e94ab0241d81a7c19f9a5d2"
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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 5617 (2024) — Authorizing the Public Service Commission to promulgate rules for maintenance, flushing, flow testing, and marking of fire hydrants owned by water utilities
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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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5617%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5617)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5617%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5617)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5617%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5617)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **89–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Linville — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-02-12** To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-02-12** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-23** By substitute, do pass
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- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading with amendment pending and right to amend, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-28** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2024-02-28** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
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- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 404) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-02-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Immediate consideration
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- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-05** On 2nd reading
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- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-06** On 3rd reading
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- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 396) `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Communicated to House
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- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
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- **2024-03-06** House received Senate message
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- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/20/204 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/2024 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/20/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Chapter 240, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
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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/759a4b45-b2d6-4b59-a607-d314c749bafc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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