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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise of religion"
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description: "Relating to forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise of religion"
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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 3042"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 3042 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Human Rights"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pinson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5b646da-6fb0-41af-a8be-9cdeed716afc"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3042&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "a88b98b05c7be4e9b201ef6f2dcc2fa920f14958dd3e48f6376a3ac9fb32fd67"
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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 3042 (2023) — Relating to forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise of religion
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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=hb3042%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3042)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3042%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3042)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3042%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3042)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **30–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Pinson — primary (person)
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- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
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- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
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- Fast — cosponsor (person)
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- Foster — cosponsor (person)
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- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
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- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin — cosponsor (person)
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- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
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- Worrell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-01-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23** By substitute, do pass
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- **2023-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-25** Amendments pending
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- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2023-02-27** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 294) `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2023-02-27** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 295) `passage`
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- **2023-02-27** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-02-28** Committee reference dispensed
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- **2023-02-28** Immediate consideration
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- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-28** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 325)
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- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 326) `passage`
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- **2023-02-28** Communicated to House
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- **2023-02-28** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-01** House received Senate message
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- **2023-03-03** To Governor 3/3/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-03** To Governor 3/3/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-03** To Governor 3/3/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 295, 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/e5b646da-6fb0-41af-a8be-9cdeed716afc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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