---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing validity of CDL instruction permit"
description: "Increasing validity of CDL instruction permit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 463"
citation: "West Virginia SB 463 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ea19636-3eb8-4784-ac52-616f4e147101"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=463&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e96814e4665e983cdaa04ff48da69c025596b01e6a23787547ac289339c6db99"
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 463 (2023) — Increasing validity of CDL instruction permit

## 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=sb463%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=463)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2023_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb463 sub1 enr.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb463%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=463)
4. **sb463 hfat linville _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb463 hfat linville _1 3-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (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
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-01** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-01** Laid over on 1st reading 2/1/2023
- **2023-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 133) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** To Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Do pass
- **2023-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-22** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 491) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-08** House Message received
- **2023-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 423)
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/10/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/10/2023 - 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 211, 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/9ea19636-3eb8-4784-ac52-616f4e147101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).