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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws"
+description: "Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2008"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2008 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Longanacre"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/988be629-e894-4428-a9d0-b498c10cfb9f"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2008&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "73bf079f67626fa291c140a9e54f21903d1f525afbe9f59a76beb85a77db7df8"
+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 2008 (2023) — Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2008%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2008%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2008%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2008%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
+5. **hb2008 hfa capito 2-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2008 hfa capito 2-3 _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **hb2008 hfa capito 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2008 hfa capito 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **hb2008 hfat capito 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2008 hfat capito 3-11 adopted.htm)
+8. **hb2008 s jud am _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2008 s jud am _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
+9. **hb2008 s jud amt _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2008 s jud amt _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Longanacre — primary (person)
+- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
+- Fast — cosponsor (person)
+- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
+- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
+- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
+- Ross — cosponsor (person)
+- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31** By substitute, do pass
+- **2023-02-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-03** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2023-02-03** Amendment withdrawn
+- **2023-02-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2023-02-03** Amendment withdrawn
+- **2023-02-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2023-02-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-03** Passed House (Roll No. 72) `passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading to Judiciary
+- **2023-03-09** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 535) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 759)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 614)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** To Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 282, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/988be629-e894-4428-a9d0-b498c10cfb9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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