---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying and expanding the powers and duties of the director of the Coalfield Community Development Office"
description: "Clarifying and expanding the powers and duties of the director of the Coalfield Community Development Office"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3303"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3303 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reynolds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aeba5a0-8c35-49e7-bdd9-07bb2b6f6043"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3303&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "35a2beeeed7f82952ceeafdec307a64fd6e54743ee7686e7166bf4e4f8f7c42d"
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 3303 (2023) — Clarifying and expanding the powers and duties of the director of the Coalfield Community Development Office

## 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=hb3303%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3303)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3303%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3303)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3303%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3303)
4. **hb3303 s fin am _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3303 s fin am _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3303 sfat tarr _3 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3303 sfat tarr _3 3-10 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-06** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-20** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 384) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **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. 524) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Floor title amendment adopted
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 789)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** 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 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 122, 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/4aeba5a0-8c35-49e7-bdd9-07bb2b6f6043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).