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type: "Bill"
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title: "Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms"
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description: "Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 83"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 83 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-11"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fd77f6f-9c08-4c2d-9463-cd6143e932fe"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=83&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "ec6a7cd7b0e5a59c53b6f2c7149357c665d4841b0a9e271d63f31d5387a7a64e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 83 (2023) — Authorizing tactical medical professionals to carry firearms
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb83%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=83)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb83%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=83)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb83%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=83)
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4. **sb83 h go am _1 1-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb83 h go am _1 1-25 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Takubo — primary (person)
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- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-11** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-01-11** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-13** Committee substitute reported
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- **2023-01-16** On 1st reading
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- **2023-01-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-17** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-18** On 3rd reading
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- **2023-01-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-01-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 53) `passage`
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- **2023-01-18** Ordered to House
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- **2023-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-01-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-20** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-26** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-30** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 48) `passage`
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- **2023-01-31** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-02-02** House Message received
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- **2023-02-02** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 121)
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- **2023-02-02** Communicated to House
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- **2023-02-02** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-02-03** House received Senate message
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- **2023-02-06** To Governor 2/6/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-02-06** To Governor 2/6/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-02-09** Approved by Governor 2/9/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-02-10** Approved by Governor 2/9/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-02-10** Approved by Governor 2/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 226, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fd77f6f-9c08-4c2d-9463-cd6143e932fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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