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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy"
+description: "Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5381"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5381 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-02-09"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fc11fef-04de-4b32-ae91-d675caeb0e90"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5381&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "154836f44e3fd15c109419f65350ddf151967da152b94dd24078595e57769b74"
+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 5381 (2026) — Relating to developing a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5381%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5381)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5381%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5381)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5381%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5381)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5381%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5381)
+5. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 244)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2026/RS/votes/house/00244.pdf)
+6. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 702)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2026/RS/votes/house/00702.pdf)
+7. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 703)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2026/RS/votes/house/00703.pdf)
+8. **hb5381 sfa queen 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5381%20sfa%20queen%20%203-14%20adopted.htm)
+9. **hb5381 sfat queen 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5381%20sfat%20queen%203-14%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **92–3** (pass) · lower
+- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **75–18** (pass) · lower
+- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **63–33** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **91–5** (pass) · lower
+- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **56–34** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hanshaw — primary (person)
+- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-09** To Energy and Public Works
+- **2026-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-09** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-25** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-27** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-02-27** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-02** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 244)
+- **2026-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 245) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-04** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
+- **2026-03-04** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
+- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-13** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-14** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2026-03-14** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 697) `passage`
+- **2026-03-14** Com. title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2026-03-14** Title amendment adopted
+- **2026-03-14** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 702)
+- **2026-03-14** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 703)
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 704)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `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 144, 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/1fc11fef-04de-4b32-ae91-d675caeb0e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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