---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise of religion"
description: "Relating to forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise of religion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3042"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3042 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5b646da-6fb0-41af-a8be-9cdeed716afc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3042&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a88b98b05c7be4e9b201ef6f2dcc2fa920f14958dd3e48f6376a3ac9fb32fd67"
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 3042 (2023) — Relating to forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise of religion

## 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=hb3042%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3042)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3042%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3042)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3042%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3042)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pinson — primary (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-25** Amendments pending
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-02-27** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 294) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-02-27** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 295) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 325)
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 326) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Communicated to House
- **2023-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-01** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-03** To Governor 3/3/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** To Governor 3/3/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** To Governor 3/3/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 295, 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/e5b646da-6fb0-41af-a8be-9cdeed716afc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).