republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-609.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	Obtaining approval for decommissioning or deconstructing of existing power plant	Obtaining approval for decommissioning or deconstructing of existing power plant	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2023	SB 609	West Virginia SB 609 (2023)	bill	Energy	enacted	Smith	7	46	1	2023-02-13	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/826bfe7f-b18b-4f23-a387-159bc7f9363f	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=609&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	dd355b7cab8d3591ec4927cbbb6f63d2581e286c2be3d09ca41a2211d2daaa44	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 609 (2023) — Obtaining approval for decommissioning or deconstructing of existing power plant

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
4. sb609 h eng am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb609 h eng am _1 adopted.htm)
5. sb609 hfa steele and anderson 3-4 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb609 hfa steele and anderson 3-4 _1 adopted.htm)
6. sb609 sfa smith _3 2-16 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb609 sfa smith _3 2-16 adopted.htm)
7. sb609 sfat smith _1 2-15 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb609 sfat smith _1 2-15 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smith — primary (person)
• Azinger — cosponsor (person)
• Boley — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Swope — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-13 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-02-13 To Energy, Industry, and Mining
• 2023-02-13 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-02-13 To Energy, Industry, and Mining
• 2023-02-15 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage
• 2023-02-16 On 1st reading
• 2023-02-16 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-02-17 On 2nd reading
• 2023-02-17 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-02-17 Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
• 2023-02-17 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-02-17 Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 204)
• 2023-02-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-02-17 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 205) passage
• 2023-02-17 Effective from passage (Roll No. 205)
• 2023-02-17 Ordered to House
• 2023-02-20 Introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-20 To Energy and Manufacturing
• 2023-02-20 To House Energy and Manufacturing referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2023-03-02 Immediate consideration
• 2023-03-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-03-03 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-03-04 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-04 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2023-03-04 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-03-04 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2023-03-04 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-03-04 Passed House (Roll No. 493) passage
• 2023-03-04 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-03-04 Effective from passage (Roll No. 494)
• 2023-03-04 Communicated to Senate
• 2023-03-06 House Message received
• 2023-03-06 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 379)
• 2023-03-06 Effective from passage (Roll No. 379)
• 2023-03-06 Communicated to House
• 2023-03-06 Completed legislative action
• 2023-03-06 House received Senate message
• 2023-03-07 To Governor 3/7/2023 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-03-07 To Governor 3/7/2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/7/2023 executive-signature
• 2023-03-08 Approved by Governor 3/7/2023 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2023-03-08 Approved by Governor 3/7/2023 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Chapter 146, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/826bfe7f-b18b-4f23-a387-159bc7f9363f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).