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type: "Bill"
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title: "Expediting License Applications for active military members and veterans, and their spouses"
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description: "Expediting License Applications for active military members and veterans, and their spouses"
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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 2967"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2967 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Military and Veterans", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-24"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e00f9b1b-2b2f-4067-acab-5c5e081fbf2f"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2967&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "cd7af6375dbc246725b4700b649043f8c2fef731660b75ae74c2838aa312f5f8"
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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 2967 (2023) — Expediting License Applications for active military members and veterans, and their spouses
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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. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2967%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2967)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2967%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2967)
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3. **hb2967 hfa phillips 2-8 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2967 hfa phillips 2-8 _1 adopted.htm)
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4. **hb2967 hfa phillips 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2967 hfa phillips 3-11 _1 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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- Cooper — primary (person)
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- Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
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- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
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- Honaker — cosponsor (person)
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- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
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- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
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- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Steele — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-24** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-01-24** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-03** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
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- **2023-02-03** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-07** Do pass
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- **2023-02-07** Immediate consideration
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- **2023-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-08** Amendment withdrawn
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- **2023-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 96) `passage`
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- **2023-02-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-02-10** To Military
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- **2023-02-10** To Military
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- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
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- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
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- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
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- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
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- **2023-03-10** Weld floor amendment reported
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- **2023-03-10** Chapman amend to Weld amend rejected (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-10** Weld floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 537) `passage`
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- **2023-03-10** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-10** Weld title amendment adopted
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- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
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- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 745)
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- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-11** House Message received
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- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 606)
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- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
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- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 235, 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/e00f9b1b-2b2f-4067-acab-5c5e081fbf2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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