HB 3276 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Provide mechanism for rate increases for water and sewer utilities

HB 3276 establishes a standardized process for water and sewer utilities in West Virginia to request rate increases from the state Public Service Commission. It requires utilities to follow a defined timeline and procedural steps when seeking rate adjustments, ensuring consistency and transparency. The bill directly affects water and sewer companies operating in the state and their customers, who pay utility bills. This change aims to create a fairer, more predictable system for rate reviews without specifying particular rate amounts.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025

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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute → Engrossed Committee Substitute · 2 edits · Mar 31, 2025

MINOR

The bill was formally updated from a 'Committee Substitute' to an 'Engrossed Version,' indicating it has passed committee review and is ready for legislative action. The substantive text of the law remains largely the same, though minor formatting adjustments were made to section (e) to clarify the conditions under which the commission can challenge rate increases.

Scope change

No change in the bill's scope or applicability; the legal provisions regarding water and sewer rate increases remain identical.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and punctuation adjustments were made throughout the document, such as adding colons to section headers and removing bracketed text indicating committee origin.

Section (e) was restructured to use a colon after the introductory sentence and reorganized the list of conditions for commission challenges to improve readability.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 31, 2025

How they voted

70–28

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 100

Mar 31, 2025

D Democratic9

9 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican91

70 Yea 19 Nay 2

76% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 1, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (Roll No. 286)

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

By substitute, do pass

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

To House Energy and Public Works

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors