republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/20191s/hb-144.md

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Bill	West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program	West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	20191S	HB 144	West Virginia HB 144 (20191S)	bill	Public Service Commission	enacted	Hanshaw	3	31	4	2019-06-17	2019-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c2df7ed0-40c8-4ef1-85a8-7ce8a7048562	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=144&year=2019&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill	c7815b908c66b47b146ae8010811dd846fd514d8107362351d946e46b1dca681	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 144 (20191S) — West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 80–15 (pass) · lower
• PREVIOUS QUESTION — 19–75 (fail) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• HFA DOYLE ET AL #2 3-19 — 30–65 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Hanshaw — primary (person)
• Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Miley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-17 Introduced in House introduction
• 2019-06-17 Immediate consideration
• 2019-06-17 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2019-06-18 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2019-06-18 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2019-06-18 Amendments pending
• 2019-06-19 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2019-06-19 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2019-06-19 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2019-06-19 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure
• 2019-06-19 Amendment rejected (Roll No. 854) amendment-failure
• 2019-06-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2019-06-19 Motion Previous Question Rejected (Roll No. 855)
• 2019-06-19 Passed House (Roll No. 856) passage
• 2019-06-19 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2019-06-19 Communicated to Senate
• 2019-06-24 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2019-06-24 Immediate consideration
• 2019-06-24 Committee reference dispensed
• 2019-06-24 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2019-06-24 Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 72)
• 2019-06-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2019-06-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2019-06-24 Passed Senate (Roll No. 73) passage
• 2019-06-24 Communicated to House
• 2019-06-24 Completed legislative action
• 2019-06-28 To Governor 6/28/19 executive-receipt
• 2019-07-23 To Governor 6/28/19 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2019-06-28 Approved by Governor 6/28/19 executive-signature
• 2019-07-23 Approved by Governor 6/28/19 - Senate Journal
• 2019-10-01 Chapter 40, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2df7ed0-40c8-4ef1-85a8-7ce8a7048562. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).