---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying certain used car restrictions"
description: "Modifying certain used car restrictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 455"
citation: "West Virginia SB 455 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1626b274-c436-48e3-a5ba-aba155caaf37"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=455&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2ee3a8e016b662b7b550c7516e1037a27ac6324e59436cdbac629b5866d0cc2a"
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 455 (2023) — Modifying certain used car restrictions

## 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=sb455%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=455)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb455%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=455)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb455%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=455)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-24** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2023-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 212) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** To Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Do pass
- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 509) `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-07** House Message received
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 210, 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/1626b274-c436-48e3-a5ba-aba155caaf37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).