---
type: "Bill"
title: "Patient Brokering Act"
description: "Patient Brokering Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "West Virginia SB 241 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf25a805-6428-4a94-b78a-26fbabbb4529"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=241&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e3f8231288a203b69db72874e60b0d03f9e684f39a41e2d2a71f250084587119"
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 SB 241 (2023) — Patient Brokering Act

## 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=sb241%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=241)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb241%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=241)
3. **sb241 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb241 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm)
4. **sb241 hfat summers 2-5 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb241 hfat summers 2-5 adopted adopted.htm)
5. **sb241 hfat summers 2-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb241 hfat summers 2-5 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-16** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 90) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Passed House (Roll No. 86) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 87)
- **2023-02-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-09** House Message received
- **2023-02-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 153)
- **2023-02-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 153)
- **2023-02-09** Communicated to House
- **2023-02-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-10** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-13** To Governor 2/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14** To Governor 2/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14** To Governor 2/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-17** Approved by Governor 2/17/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 251, 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/bf25a805-6428-4a94-b78a-26fbabbb4529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).