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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grid Stabilization and Security Act of 2023"
description: "Grid Stabilization and Security Act of 2023"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 188"
citation: "West Virginia SB 188 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c19eef54-ee89-47ec-af4a-83b61b053298"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=188&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "956a2d0b79dd2aeac6eb4f184a54529c1ac6121f97e752c52f34a1304443fd06"
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 SB 188 (2023) — Grid Stabilization and Security Act of 2023
## 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=sb188%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=188)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb188%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=188)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb188%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=188)
4. **sb188 sub hfa howell 3-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb188 sub hfa howell 3-2 _1 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **283** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Trump — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-13** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-30** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/30/2023
- **2023-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 116) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** To Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Do pass
- **2023-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/15
- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-02** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 437) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 441) `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-06** House Message received
- **2023-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 376)
- **2023-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 115, 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/c19eef54-ee89-47ec-af4a-83b61b053298`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).