---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws"
description: "Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2008"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2008 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longanacre"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/988be629-e894-4428-a9d0-b498c10cfb9f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2008&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "73bf079f67626fa291c140a9e54f21903d1f525afbe9f59a76beb85a77db7df8"
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 2008 (2023) — Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws

## 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=hb2008%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2008%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2008%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2008%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
5. **hb2008 hfa capito 2-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2008 hfa capito 2-3 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **hb2008 hfa capito 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2008 hfa capito 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)
7. **hb2008 hfat capito 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2008 hfat capito 3-11 adopted.htm)
8. **hb2008 s jud am _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2008 s jud am _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
9. **hb2008 s jud amt _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2008 s jud amt _1 3-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longanacre — primary (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-02-03** Amendment withdrawn
- **2023-02-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-02-03** Amendment withdrawn
- **2023-02-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-02-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** Passed House (Roll No. 72) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading to Judiciary
- **2023-03-09** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 535) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 759)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 614)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** To Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 282, 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/988be629-e894-4428-a9d0-b498c10cfb9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).