# West Virginia HB 2848: Requiring non-publicly owned utilities to notify customers by text correspondence that they have turned off their service and an estimated time of when it will be turned back on.

West Virginia HB 2848, Requiring non-publicly owned utilities to notify customers by text correspondence that they have turned off their service and an estimated time of when it will be turned back on., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kayla Young (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-26 (To House Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2848-2025rs
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: West Virginia HB 2848
- State: West Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Requiring non-publicly owned utilities to notify customers by text correspondence that they have turned off their service and an estimated time of when it will be turned back on.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Last action: 2025-02-26, To House Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology
- Sponsor: Kayla Young (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: §24-2-17A, House Environment, Infrastructure, and Technology
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kayla Young (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Hollis Lewis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Pushkin (Democratic), House

## Actions (5)

- 2025-02-26: To House Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology (House)
- 2025-02-24: Filed for introduction (House)
- 2025-02-24: To Energy and Public Works (House)
- 2025-02-24: Introduced in House (House)
- 2025-02-24: To House Energy and Public Works (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2848 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2848 intr.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed)
- SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed)
- SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed)
- SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed)
- SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed)
- SB 617: Discouraging gang activity (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2848 intr.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2848 intr.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs)
- [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs)
- [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs)
- [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs)
- [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs)
- [SB 617: Discouraging gang activity](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB617-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2848-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).