---
type: "Bill"
title: "To authorize municipalities to combine operations with other municipalities and counties to provide governmental services"
description: "To authorize municipalities to combine operations with other municipalities and counties to provide governmental services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3354"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3354 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rowe"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0ed3b80-5628-4254-868f-ac5575692fad"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3354&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "695c5603b759630f89a0545a6d2049bbd6a7c9f5fc92d8689fa3f79820e67096"
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 3354 (2023) — To authorize municipalities to combine operations with other municipalities and counties to provide governmental services

## 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=hb3354%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3354)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3354%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3354)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3354%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3354)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3354%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3354)
5. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 784)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00784.pdf)
6. **hb3354 hfa capito 3-1 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3354 hfa capito 3-1 _1 adopted.htm)
7. **hb3354 hfat capito 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3354 hfat capito 2-28 adopted.htm)
8. **hb3354 s gov am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3354 s gov am _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
9. **hb3354 s gov amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3354 s gov amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rowe — primary (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading with restricted right to amend, Special Calender
- **2023-03-01** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-01** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 387) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2023-03-09** 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 with amended title (Roll No. 544) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 784)
- **2023-03-11** House refused to concur and requested Senate to recede (Roll No. 785)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 629)
- **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 - 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 94, 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/f0ed3b80-5628-4254-868f-ac5575692fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).