2025 Regular SessionWest Virginia Legislature

HB2502: Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days

Legislative Summary

The purpose of this bill is to establish limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days (120 hours) to automatically credit the customer's account for the lack of service proportional to the number of days of disrupted services.

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Bill History

2/17/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
To Energy and Public Works then Judiciary
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Introduced in House
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
To House Energy and Public Works
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
To House Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology
House of Delegates
3/7/2025
To House Energy and Public Works
House of Delegates
3/14/2025
Markup Discussion
House of Delegates
3/18/2025
By substitute, do pass
House of Delegates
3/18/2025
2nd reference dispensed
House of Delegates
3/19/2025
On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House of Delegates
3/19/2025
Read 1st time
House of Delegates
3/20/2025
On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House of Delegates
3/20/2025
Read 2nd time
House of Delegates
3/20/2025
Amendment reported by the Clerk
House of Delegates
3/20/2025
Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
House of Delegates
3/21/2025
On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House of Delegates
3/21/2025
Read 3rd time
House of Delegates
3/21/2025
Passed House (Roll No. 135)
House of Delegates
3/21/2025
Communicated to Senate
House of Delegates
3/24/2025
Introduced in Senate
Senate
3/24/2025
To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance
Senate
3/24/2025
To Energy, Industry, and Mining
Senate

Amendments

hb2502 hfa hillenbrand 3-18 _1

hb2502 hfa hillenbrand 3-18 _1

3/18/2025Not Adopted

hb2502 hfa hillenbrand 3-18 _1 adopted

hb2502 hfa hillenbrand 3-18 _1 adopted

3/18/2025Adopted

hb2502 hent am. _1 2-27

hb2502 hent am. _1 2-27

2/27/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Passed House (Roll No. 135)
3/21/2025
95
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(3/21/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Energy, Industry and Mining(Senate)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/1/19709.0 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/1/19708.7 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text1/1/19708.1 KB