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legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-508.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures"
+description: "Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 508"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 508 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Ethics"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-27"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e99daca-09b7-4cfc-8ab0-87de1415aeef"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=508&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "d6017106103394a663f6f8837d8e81c2a146d652572ddb31e184a11b3a1c152e"
+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 508 (2023) — Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures
+
+## 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=sb508%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=508)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb508%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=508)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **29–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azinger — primary (person)
+- Trump — cosponsor (person)
+- Weld — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-09** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-10** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-13** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 175) `passage`
+- **2023-02-13** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Do pass
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** House rejected (Roll No. 668)
+- **2023-03-10** Motion to reconsider
+- **2023-03-10** Motion to table the motion to reconsider rejected (Roll No. 674)
+- **2023-03-10** House reconsidered its action (Roll No. 675)
+- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 676) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 207, 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/6e99daca-09b7-4cfc-8ab0-87de1415aeef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+