---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplementing and amending appropriations to the Department of Commerce, Division of Forestry"
description: "Supplementing and amending appropriations to the Department of Commerce, Division of Forestry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2908"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2908 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfe4885e-a3be-4b2d-bee6-32e12052b70d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2908&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ce8d817fdd45635ae5ea93025e02d65233b8c2dd790dbf8adf32a93584202754"
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 2908 (2023) — Supplementing and amending appropriations to the Department of Commerce, Division of Forestry

## 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=hb2908%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2908)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2908%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2908)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2908%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2908)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** By substitute, 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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 458) `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 459)
- **2023-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 505) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 505)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** To Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 14, 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/bfe4885e-a3be-4b2d-bee6-32e12052b70d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).