---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the merging and reorganizing of the executive branch"
description: "Relating to the merging and reorganizing of the executive branch"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2009"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2009 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee161fa3-e787-4061-925f-db02679f4d1c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2009&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "baa815ed0f7b8a80d2779efc2a17f706c154f4cf5ec0c411a5fb5a811086f59f"
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 2009 (2025) — Relating to the merging and reorganizing of the executive branch

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2009%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2009)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2009%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2009)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2009%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2009)
4. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2009%20org.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2009)
5. **hb2009 hfat phillips 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2009%20hfat%20phillips%204-9%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb2009 s gov am _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2009%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%204-1%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb2009 sfat rucker _1 4-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2009%20sfat%20rucker%20_1%204-2%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **72–25** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT July 01, 2025 — **84–12** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2025 — **74–25** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **71–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-28** Originating in House Government Organization
- **2025-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-04** Placed on House Calendar
- **2025-03-05** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2025-03-11** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2025-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-03-11** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 53) `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 54)
- **2025-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-03-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-04** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2025-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2025-04-08** Garcia #1 amendments to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 355)
- **2025-04-08** Garcia #2 amendment to committee amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 356) `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Rucker title amendment adopted
- **2025-04-08** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 357)
- **2025-04-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-10** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 449)
- **2025-04-10** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 450)
- **2025-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-11** House Message received
- **2025-04-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 525)
- **2025-04-11** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 526)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-11** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 136, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee161fa3-e787-4061-925f-db02679f4d1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).