---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to non-federally declared emergencies and non-states of emergency"
description: "Relating to non-federally declared emergencies and non-states of emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "West Virginia SB 298 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28a33d82-6250-45cd-82fc-912c1a55c064"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=298&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "20c25387e331465b29958e55bc12ea0f9f698ae46991383a6ef24d2b7273d77e"
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 SB 298 (2023) — Relating to non-federally declared emergencies and non-states of emergency

## 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=sb298%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=298)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb298%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=298)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb298%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=298)

## Votes

- Passage — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-01-25** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 83) `passage`
- **2023-01-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 83)
- **2023-01-27** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2023-02-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Do pass
- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 648) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 649)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 279, 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/28a33d82-6250-45cd-82fc-912c1a55c064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).