---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures"
description: "Permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3133"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3133 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shamblin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c13ff64-aa52-42f8-b39e-e8dfbda83c98"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3133&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d4e9648c85ecfe6723ea7c7c6ec5d8b425648f14266e689937fcb1a38b0d0294"
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 3133 (2025) — Permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures

## 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=hb3133%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3133)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3133 sub1 eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3133%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3133)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3133%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3133)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shamblin — primary (person)
- Akers — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Howell, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Petitto — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-04** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-04** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 277) `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Effective from passage (Roll No. 278)
- **2025-03-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 438) `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 439)
- **2025-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-10** 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`
- **2025-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 187, 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/4c13ff64-aa52-42f8-b39e-e8dfbda83c98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).