---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain facilities operated by the state government to obtain a license"
description: "Relating to certain facilities operated by the state government to obtain a license"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3191"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3191 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a048825-10fe-4172-b389-7c88be143675"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3191&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "19dbfd674ebedcd51b00daaebe6a43a98edaee4410837eb326e785873bb4ef3a"
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 3191 (2023) — Relating to certain facilities operated by the state government to obtain a license

## 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=hb3191%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3191)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3191%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3191)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3191%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3191)
4. **hb3191 hfat summers 2-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3191 hfat summers 2-9 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3191 s h_hr am _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3191 s h_hr am _1 3-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-31** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 103) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 104)
- **2023-02-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-09** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 542) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 542)
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 761)
- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 762)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **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** 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 268, 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/3a048825-10fe-4172-b389-7c88be143675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).