---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to funding the Office of Oil and Gas in the Department of Environmental Protection"
description: "Relating to funding the Office of Oil and Gas in the Department of Environmental Protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3110"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3110 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c50e73-f002-4a13-a0e8-b8824e01001c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3110&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "73e0a7255e896f8fd9a3a89da3f0a0a92c3527830f1035e8651389be93eb68e5"
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 3110 (2023) — Relating to funding the Office of Oil and Gas in the Department of Environmental Protection

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3110%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3110)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3110%20sub%20rev%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3110)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3110%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3110)
4. **Revised Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3110%20sub%20rev.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3110)
5. **hb3110 s fin am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3110 s fin am _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
6. **hb3110 sfat tarr _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3110 sfat tarr _1 3-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-27** To Energy and Manufacturing then Finance
- **2023-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-27** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-14** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Recommitted to Finance on 2nd reading
- **2023-02-16** Revised substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-21** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-02-23** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2023-02-23** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 216) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 540) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** 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 amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 724)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **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** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 150, 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/e5c50e73-f002-4a13-a0e8-b8824e01001c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).