---
type: "Bill"
title: "To move the essential functions of the Information Services and Communications Division into the Office of Technology."
description: "To move the essential functions of the Information Services and Communications Division into the Office of Technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5432"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5432 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration", "Records and Papers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linville"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/822edbdb-f896-4bf8-be60-d9094dd26bcf"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5432&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "685a31290e7c125b14bdd2b6374c9bfcc5dcb8a6639b0f51c77cc48565196684"
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 5432 (2024) — To move the essential functions of the Information Services and Communications Division into the Office of Technology.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5432%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5432)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5432%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5432)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5432%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5432)
4. **hb5432 sfa tarr _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5432%20sfa%20tarr%20_1%203-1%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5432 sfat tarr _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5432%20sfat%20tarr%20_1%203-1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-02** To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-02** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 0385) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-03-01** On 1st reading
- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 374) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 493)
- **2024-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-07** House Message received
- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 152, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/822edbdb-f896-4bf8-be60-d9094dd26bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).