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type: "Bill"
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title: "Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules"
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description: "Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules"
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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: "HB 2640"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2640 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-17"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74f8ca2a-9d3d-4be8-a4ec-bc2d6c6ff94c"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2640&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "c5a310fcef374d83ffc460b5a4e1496ba4f5c967dbf49e5506e8dfea5bc1d5b1"
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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 HB 2640 (2023) — Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules
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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=hb2640%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2640)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2640%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2640)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2640%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2640)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2640%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2640)
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5. **hb2640 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2640 s jud am _1 adopted.htm)
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6. **hb2640 s jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2640 s jud amt adopted.htm)
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7. **hb2640 sub hfa howell riley am _1 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2640 sub hfa howell riley am _1 2-16 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Foster — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-17** To Energy and Manufacturing then Judiciary
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- **2023-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-01-17** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-25** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
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- **2023-01-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** By substitute, do pass
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- **2023-02-14** Immediate consideration
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- **2023-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-16** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-16** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2023-02-16** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 169) `passage`
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- **2023-02-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 170)
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- **2023-02-16** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-02-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-27** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-28** On 1st reading
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- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-01** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-02** On 3rd reading
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- **2023-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 350) `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 350)
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- **2023-03-02** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2023-03-06** House received Senate message
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- **2023-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 496)
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- **2023-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 497)
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- **2023-03-06** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-07** House Message received
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/21/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/21/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 204, 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/74f8ca2a-9d3d-4be8-a4ec-bc2d6c6ff94c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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