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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness"
+description: "Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 128"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 128 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f3062bc-72da-4c22-a1c6-8175e16e605e"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=128&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "c06f62c6191d5e34cb551350a9dd5dd9a1f4a5b3ad48955c2e1eece8a1dc2f80"
+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 SB 128 (2023) — Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb128%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=128)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb128%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=128)
+3. **sb128 h go am _1 1-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb128 h go am _1 1-18 adopted.htm)
+4. **sb128 h go am _1 1-18 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb128 h go am _1 1-18 as amended adopted.htm)
+5. **sb128 hfa capito 1-24 _1 revised adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 hfa capito 1-24 _1 revised adopted.htm)
+6. **sb128 hfa phillips 1-22 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 hfa phillips 1-22 _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **sb128 hfat phillips 1-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 hfat phillips 1-24 adopted.htm)
+8. **sb128 sfa takubo 1-26 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 sfa takubo 1-26 _1 adopted.htm)
+9. **sb128 sfa takubo 2-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 sfa takubo 2-23 _1 adopted.htm)
+10. **sb128 sfat takubo 2-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 sfat takubo 2-1 adopted.htm)
+11. **sb128 sfat takubo 2-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 sfat takubo 2-19 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Boley — cosponsor (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-01-11** Committee reference dispensed
+- **2023-01-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-11** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 5)
+- **2023-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 6) `passage`
+- **2023-01-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 6)
+- **2023-01-11** Ordered to House
+- **2023-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-01-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-23** Amendment pending
+- **2023-01-24** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2023-01-24** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
+- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 23)
+- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 24)
+- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 25)
+- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
+- **2023-01-24** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-24** Passed House (Roll No. 26) `passage`
+- **2023-01-24** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-01-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 31)
+- **2023-01-24** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-01** House Message received
+- **2023-02-01** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 110)
+- **2023-02-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 110)
+- **2023-02-23** Senate reconsidered amendment and withdrew (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-23** Substitute amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 243) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 243)
+- **2023-02-23** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2023-02-23** House received Senate message
+- **2023-02-23** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 232)
+- **2023-02-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 233)
+- **2023-02-23** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-23** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-02-25** House Message received
+- **2023-02-27** To Governor 2/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-02-28** To Governor 2/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-04** Became law 3/4/2023
+- **2023-03-06** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
+- **2023-03-06** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 276, 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/6f3062bc-72da-4c22-a1c6-8175e16e605e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+