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type: "Bill"
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title: "Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor"
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description: "Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 500"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 500 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Finance and Administration", "Legislature"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-14"
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last_action: "2025-08-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d7aa49-bb01-4914-8c58-0740f24194e7"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=500&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "3cf1fa526f787ab1d0a42cec9d43b6ba9db79e374df9943431d6a69ab97250ff"
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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 SB 500 (2025) — Transferring audits of volunteer fire departments to Legislative Auditor
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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=sb500%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=500)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb500%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=500)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb500%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=500)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chapman — primary (person)
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- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-02-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-07** Committee substitute reported
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- **2025-03-10** On 1st reading
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- **2025-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** On 2nd reading
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- **2025-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-12** On 3rd reading
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- **2025-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 97) `passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Ordered to House
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- **2025-03-13** House received Senate message
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- **2025-03-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-03-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Markup Discussion
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- **2025-04-02** Do pass
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- **2025-04-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-04-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-04-07** Passed House (Roll No. 401) `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Communicated to Senate
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- **2025-04-07** Completed legislative action
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- **2025-04-08** House Message received
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- **2025-04-10** To Governor 4/10/2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-08-08** Chapter 127, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `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/c7d7aa49-bb01-4914-8c58-0740f24194e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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