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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to Business Ready Sites Program"
+description: "Relating to Business Ready Sites Program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4008"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4008 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Economic Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maynor"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86813968-6e1b-45c2-b506-b93788836e6d"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4008&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "d5bbfaeb70341834724e8b50480f0b0ca5affe7ec9720d083e22b6424866384c"
+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 4008 (2026) — Relating to Business Ready Sites Program
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4008%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4008)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4008%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4008)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4008%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4008)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **84–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maynor — primary (person)
+- Akers — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Clay — cosponsor (person)
+- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
+- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Parsons — cosponsor (person)
+- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Energy and Public Works
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-15** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-01-20** Do pass
+- **2026-01-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-23** Passed House (Roll No. 11) `passage`
+- **2026-01-23** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-01-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-27** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 477) `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 114, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86813968-6e1b-45c2-b506-b93788836e6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+