---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expediting License Applications for active military members and veterans, and their spouses"
description: "Expediting License Applications for active military members and veterans, and their spouses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2967"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2967 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military and Veterans", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e00f9b1b-2b2f-4067-acab-5c5e081fbf2f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2967&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cd7af6375dbc246725b4700b649043f8c2fef731660b75ae74c2838aa312f5f8"
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 2967 (2023) — Expediting License Applications for active military members and veterans, and their spouses

## 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=hb2967%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2967)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2967%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2967)
3. **hb2967 hfa phillips 2-8 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2967 hfa phillips 2-8 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **hb2967 hfa phillips 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2967 hfa phillips 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Honaker — cosponsor (person)
- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-24** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2023-02-03** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Do pass
- **2023-02-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Amendment withdrawn
- **2023-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 96) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** To Military
- **2023-02-10** To Military
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2023-03-10** Weld floor amendment reported
- **2023-03-10** Chapman amend to Weld amend rejected (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Weld floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 537) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Weld title amendment adopted
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 745)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 606)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 235, 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/e00f9b1b-2b2f-4067-acab-5c5e081fbf2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).