---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to certificates of need"
description: "Relating generally to certificates of need"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 613"
citation: "West Virginia SB 613 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maroney"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ea0497-5025-46bc-bb4b-f592d3b9af16"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=613&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "be69ff7988c4daae4977e9d449fd77d4cb88f39bf195169cb11d4df05e8e35d3"
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 613 (2023) — Relating generally to certificates of need

## 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=sb613%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=613)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb613%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=613)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb613%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=613)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb613%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=613)
5. **sb613 hfat summers 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb613 hfat summers 3-3 adopted.htm)
6. **sb613 sfa maroney _1 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb613 sfa maroney _1 2-26 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maroney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-13** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-02-25** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/25/2023 with right to amend
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 294) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 294)
- **2023-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Do pass
- **2023-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-02** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/3
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/6
- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/7
- **2023-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/8
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/9
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 606) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 607)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** House Message received
- **2023-03-10** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 492) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 492)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **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`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 255, 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/72ea0497-5025-46bc-bb4b-f592d3b9af16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).