---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating law regarding prior authorizations"
description: "Updating law regarding prior authorizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "West Virginia SB 267 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e652db9-a88e-4a9d-80b0-aec41d25ed8b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=267&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1d563372589dab8a8e2c5877c4c7292749f4af8ba017e099f9be286b303992a9"
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 267 (2023) — Updating law regarding prior authorizations

## 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=sb267%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=267)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb267%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=267)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb267%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=267)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb267%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=267)
5. **sb267 hfat summers 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb267 hfat summers 3-7 adopted.htm)
6. **sb267 sfa maroney _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb267 sfa maroney _1 2-24 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-25** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 287) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Do pass
- **2023-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 537) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-08** House Message received
- **2023-03-08** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 422) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/10/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/10/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 192, 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/0e652db9-a88e-4a9d-80b0-aec41d25ed8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).