---
type: "Bill"
title: "To require the Division of Forestry to create an online renewal process no later than July 1, 2023"
description: "To require the Division of Forestry to create an online renewal process no later than July 1, 2023"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2309"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2309 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Records and Papers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a424660-6120-4352-b164-ac48eecfecae"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2309&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "aaa13bca7929c3fc4759353cfec14b6fd7ce91f7181f2f7a4f5dc4e68cb6ad30"
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 2309 (2023) — To require the Division of Forestry to create an online renewal process no later than July 1, 2023

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2309%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2309)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2309%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2309)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2309%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2309)
4. **hb2309 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2309 h go am _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2023-02-01** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 129) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 357) `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-04** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 311, 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/2a424660-6120-4352-b164-ac48eecfecae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).