---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to making West Virginia an agreement state with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission"
description: "Relating to making West Virginia an agreement state with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20242S"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "West Virginia HB 208 (20242S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-30"
last_action: "2024-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3619887d-41fe-486a-ab75-78398587ce0a"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=208&year=2024&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2aa68c7c59b814aa772672ae9b08cb6fa4229c22896e232ea558cff26a443566"
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 208 (20242S) — Relating to making West Virginia an agreement state with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb208%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=208)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb208%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=208)
3. **hb208 sfa weld _1 10-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/2X/floor_amends/hb208%20sfa%20weld%20_1%2010-6%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **77–14** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **84–7** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **86–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **87–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **73–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-09-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-09-30** Reference dispensed
- **2024-09-30** Immediate consideration
- **2024-09-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-09-30** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 860)
- **2024-09-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-09-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-09-30** Passed House (Roll No. 861) `passage`
- **2024-09-30** Effective from passage (Roll No. 862)
- **2024-09-30** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-10-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-10-06** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-10-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-10-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-07** On 2nd reading
- **2024-10-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-10-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-08** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-10-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 76) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 76)
- **2024-10-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-10-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-10-08** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
- **2024-10-08** Passed House (Roll No. 945) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 946)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-10-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-10-09** House Message received
- **2024-10-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-31** Chapter 35, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3619887d-41fe-486a-ab75-78398587ce0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).