republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2023/hb-2008.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws	Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2023	HB 2008	West Virginia HB 2008 (2023)	bill	Counties	enacted	Longanacre	9	50	1	2023-01-12	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/988be629-e894-4428-a9d0-b498c10cfb9f	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2008&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	73bf079f67626fa291c140a9e54f21903d1f525afbe9f59a76beb85a77db7df8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 2008 (2023) — Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. hb2008 hfa capito 2-3 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2008 hfa capito 2-3 _1 adopted.htm)
6. hb2008 hfa capito 3-11 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2008 hfa capito 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)
7. hb2008 hfat capito 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2008 hfat capito 3-11 adopted.htm)
8. hb2008 s jud am _1 3-8 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2008 s jud am _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
9. hb2008 s jud amt _1 3-7 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2008 s jud amt _1 3-7 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 31–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Longanacre — primary (person)
• Crouse — cosponsor (person)
• Fast — cosponsor (person)
• Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
• Keaton — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
• McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
• Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
• Ross — cosponsor (person)
• Thorne — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-01-12 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-01-12 Introduced in House introduction
• 2023-01-12 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-01-31 By substitute, do pass
• 2023-02-01 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-02-01 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-02-02 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-02-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-02-03 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2023-02-03 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2023-02-03 Amendment withdrawn
• 2023-02-03 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2023-02-03 Amendment withdrawn
• 2023-02-03 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2023-02-03 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-02-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-02-03 Passed House (Roll No. 72) passage
• 2023-02-03 Communicated to Senate
• 2023-02-06 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-02-06 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-02-06 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 Immediate consideration
• 2023-03-08 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-03-08 On 2nd reading to Judiciary
• 2023-03-09 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2023-03-09 Immediate consideration
• 2023-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-03-10 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2023-03-10 Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
• 2023-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-03-10 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-03-10 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 535) passage
• 2023-03-10 Senate requests House to concur
• 2023-03-11 House received Senate message
• 2023-03-11 House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 759)
• 2023-03-11 Communicated to Senate
• 2023-03-11 House Message received
• 2023-03-11 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 614)
• 2023-03-11 Communicated to House
• 2023-03-11 Completed legislative action
• 2023-03-11 House received Senate message
• 2023-03-11 To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-03-11 To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-03-22 To Governor 3/22/2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2023-03-29 Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 executive-signature
• 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Chapter 282, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/988be629-e894-4428-a9d0-b498c10cfb9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).