republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/hb-2960.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing the Division of Highways to contract out snow removal to private companies on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties."
description: "Allowing the Division of Highways to contract out snow removal to private companies on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2960"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2960 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCormick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b314ce6-8d57-437d-bde1-15c87687799d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2960&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "187e14e79014b5d7a2a43292512318bbf10c6648dfd62d56fe6d948b43636130"
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 HB 2960 (2025) — Allowing the Division of Highways to contract out snow removal to private companies on secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2960%20sub.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2960)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2960%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2960)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2960%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2960)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2960%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2960)
5. **hb2960 hfat anderson 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2960%20hfat%20anderson%204-10%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb2960 s fin am _1 4-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2960%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%204-4%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb2960 sub hfa mccormick 3-21 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2960%20sub%20hfa%20mccormick%203-21%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **68–28** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **50–48** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCormick — primary (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-25** To Energy and Public Works
- **2025-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-25** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-21** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-03-24** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Passed House (Roll No. 183) `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-03-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-09** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 400) `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-10** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 489)
- **2025-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-11** House Message received
- **2025-04-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 531)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-11** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 234, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b314ce6-8d57-437d-bde1-15c87687799d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).