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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments"
description: "Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3517"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3517 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-31"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/808902d6-6e4e-42d2-9da8-378b61bb420a"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3517&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cfe644e513c2e99d9d50e5225fb7b583025808de25eca3939f7d9efbcc4a3f2c"
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 3517 (2025) — Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3517%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3517)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3517%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3517)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3517%20org.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3517)
4. **hb3517 s fin am _1 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3517%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%204-9%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb3517 s fin amt _1 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3517%20s%20fin%20amt%20_1%204-9%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **941** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **970** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Akers — primary (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-31** Originating in House Judiciary
- **2025-03-31** Do pass
- **2025-04-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Passed House (Roll No. 365) `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-03** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 513) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 613)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 593)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** 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 189, 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/808902d6-6e4e-42d2-9da8-378b61bb420a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).