---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the practice of dentistry"
description: "Relating to the practice of dentistry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3141"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3141 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ad4fbfb-f99c-4d93-8d6b-6dfe79edbe51"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3141&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2f6eb2ba3d14de0ace3e5c87594f46aeb57f1125eff7402aae96f7598c97b35c"
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 3141 (2023) — Relating to the practice of dentistry

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3141%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3141)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3141%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3141)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3141%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3141)
4. **hb3141 hfa householder 3-1 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3141 hfa householder 3-1 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3141 hfa summers 2-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3141 hfa summers 2-2 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **hb3141 s h_hr am _1 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3141 s h_hr am _1 2-16 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Summers — primary (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Do pass
- **2023-02-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** Passed House (Roll No. 80) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-21** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 257) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-02** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 406)
- **2023-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-06** House Message received
- **2023-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 397)
- **2023-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 236, 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/8ad4fbfb-f99c-4d93-8d6b-6dfe79edbe51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).