---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing power purchase agreement cap"
description: "Increasing power purchase agreement cap"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "West Virginia SB 544 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Queen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/899d334e-ac14-4138-80f3-23c1c3ce836a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=544&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3da3987b93a59b038adfe0a14bad1540855a91ce0da88d2890fb08779ce44188"
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 544 (2023) — Increasing power purchase agreement cap

## 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=sb544%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=544)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb544%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=544)
3. **sb544 hfat capito 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb544 hfat capito 3-6 adopted.htm)
4. **sb544 hjud am. _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb544 hjud am. _1 3-6 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Queen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 271) `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 618)
- **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. 680) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **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. 590)
- **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 289, 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/899d334e-ac14-4138-80f3-23c1c3ce836a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).