---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses"
description: "Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "West Virginia SB 148 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5e084cd-d9db-4e89-b0ec-8b9e0a83a710"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=148&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "74582e9f0ab48c56a07a9ba1220f91f537334e509e9c3352d827671ab2b3ac67"
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 148 (2024) — Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb148%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=148)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb148%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=148)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Boley — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-01-10** Immediate consideration
- **2024-01-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-12** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 9) `passage`
- **2024-01-12** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Do pass
- **2024-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 496) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-07** House Message received
- **2024-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 193, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5e084cd-d9db-4e89-b0ec-8b9e0a83a710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).