---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Social Workers Qualifications"
description: "Relating to Social Workers Qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3261"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3261 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 58
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14fee546-05db-4fe0-b76a-7b6cf9f1ae7a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3261&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a16df55728cf3d820396ad6ba512bd26ba4e36e9bc5bc134434a18dd06420543"
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 3261 (2023) — Relating to Social Workers Qualifications

## 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=hb3261%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3261)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3261%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3261)
3. **House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 787)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00787.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3261%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3261)
5. **Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 625)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/senate/03-11-0625.pdf)
6. **hb3261 sfa trump _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3261 sfa trump _1 3-1 adopted.htm)
7. **hb3261 sfat trump _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3261 sfat trump _1 3-6 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-03** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** By substitute, do pass
- **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`
- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 140) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-01** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-07** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 435) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate refused to recede; requested conference (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-11** Senate appoints conference committee: Trump, Takubo, Plymale
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House agreed to conference
- **2023-03-11** House appointed conferees: Phillips, McGeehan, Young
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** To conference
- **2023-03-11** Conference report filed - Senate
- **2023-03-11** Conference report filed - House
- **2023-03-11** Conference report received-House
- **2023-03-11** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 787)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 625)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 238, 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/14fee546-05db-4fe0-b76a-7b6cf9f1ae7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).