Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2023/hb-3168.md
T
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

97 lines
4.3 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring investment in WV Tourism is competitive with other states and accessible long term"
description: "Ensuring investment in WV Tourism is competitive with other states and accessible long term"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3168"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3168 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffb3cadd-6a22-42da-b21b-aff9fbdf1eb3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3168&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3847e59e06540391ac416f3da26637780bd95766efb89a9920961e9baad1c5b9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia HB 3168 (2023) — Ensuring investment in WV Tourism is competitive with other states and accessible long term
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3168%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3168)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3168%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3168)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3168%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3168)
## Votes
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Criss — primary (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-31** To Economic Development and Tourism then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-08** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-14** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 173) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** To Economic Development then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 464) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** To Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 321, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffb3cadd-6a22-42da-b21b-aff9fbdf1eb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).