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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increasing power purchase agreement cap"
+description: "Increasing power purchase agreement cap"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 544"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 544 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Queen"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-02"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/899d334e-ac14-4138-80f3-23c1c3ce836a"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=544&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "3da3987b93a59b038adfe0a14bad1540855a91ce0da88d2890fb08779ce44188"
+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 544 (2023) — Increasing power purchase agreement cap
+
+## 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=sb544%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=544)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb544%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=544)
+3. **sb544 hfat capito 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb544 hfat capito 3-6 adopted.htm)
+4. **sb544 hjud am. _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb544 hjud am. _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **28–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Queen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-23** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 271) `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 618)
+- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 680) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 590)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - 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 289, 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/899d334e-ac14-4138-80f3-23c1c3ce836a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+