---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to uniform and equipment allowances for the National Guard"
description: "Relating generally to uniform and equipment allowances for the National Guard"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3233"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3233 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdfb12d4-f1f5-4b7c-979e-cc8a614bdf2b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3233&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "76744425f0fb3b2f92c7ab35911968fe142816c8eadd6166b7105b12b7b3611d"
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 3233 (2023) — Relating generally to uniform and equipment allowances for the National Guard

## 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=hb3233%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3233)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3233%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3233)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3233%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3233)
4. **hb3233 s mil am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3233 s mil am _1 3-6 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-21** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2023-02-22** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 201) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** To Military then Finance
- **2023-02-23** To Military
- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 434) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 586)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-10** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - 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 286, 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/bdfb12d4-f1f5-4b7c-979e-cc8a614bdf2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).