---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating program to further development of renewable energy resources"
description: "Creating program to further development of renewable energy resources"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 583"
citation: "West Virginia SB 583 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96bb716d-98db-497d-8206-a598556ab56d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=583&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a0ad1472febb60ce9b0d5638dc7b636d8b9d9cb51607ffb1901bf77942580547"
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 583 (2020) — Creating program to further development of renewable energy resources

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB583%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=583)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB583%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=583)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB583%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=583)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB583%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=583)
5. **SB583 H JUD AM _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB583 H JUD AM _1 2-24 adopted.htm)
6. **SB583 HFA J KELLY _1 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB583 HFA J KELLY _1 2-29 adopted.htm)
7. **SB583 HFAT SHOTT 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB583 HFAT SHOTT 3-3 adopted.htm)
8. **SB583 SFA SMITH 2-13 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB583 SFA SMITH 2-13 _2 adopted.htm)
9. **SB583 SFAT _1 SMITH 2-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB583 SFAT _1 SMITH 2-12 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- HFA PAYNTER 2-27 #1 REVISED — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **76–23** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HFA P. MARTIN 2-27 #1 — **37–60** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-22** To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance
- **2020-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2020-02-07** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-11** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/11/20
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** Floor amendment reported
- **2020-02-13** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/12/20, amend pending
- **2020-02-13** Having been read 2nd time 2/12/20
- **2020-02-13** Smith Floor amendment #1 withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-02-13** Smith Floor amendment #2 adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 145) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/28
- **2020-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-02-29** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/2
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-02** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 443) `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 444) `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 456) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** House Message received
- **2020-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 470)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 304, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96bb716d-98db-497d-8206-a598556ab56d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).