---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to limitations on motor vehicle used by nonprofit cooperative recycling associations"
description: "Relating to limitations on motor vehicle used by nonprofit cooperative recycling associations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 533"
citation: "West Virginia SB 533 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b7807a1-c5ed-4dd3-9ed5-c967d65c343a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=533&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "77ddbbe7c89d8ed8023ffd7de855a25854d7c1e4b63e44fcf19daa8294f47df4"
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 533 (2023) — Relating to limitations on motor vehicle used by nonprofit cooperative recycling associations

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb533%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=533)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb533%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=533)
3. **sb533 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb533 h go am _1 adopted.htm)
4. **sb533 h go am _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb533 h go am _1 as amended adopted.htm)
5. **sb533 hfa young 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb533 hfa young 3-9 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-31** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 166) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2023-03-08** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on 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`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 678) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 581)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - 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`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 2, 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/2b7807a1-c5ed-4dd3-9ed5-c967d65c343a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).