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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to registration plates"
description: "Relating to registration plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "West Virginia SB 205 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58fcc3a6-0b7d-4796-8d1c-fa0d01732832"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=205&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "49c19929d99b9846abf0424815358a2a2c0f96d82c585e687dfc1625e4b3827f"
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 205 (2023) — Relating to registration plates
## 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=sb205%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=205)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb205%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=205)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb205%20%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=205)
4. **sb205 hfa cannon 3-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb205 hfa cannon 3-3 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb205 hfat linville _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb205 hfat linville _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Clements — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-13** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2023-01-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-01** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 123) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** To Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Committee amendment withdrawn (Voice)
- **2023-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 487) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-08** House Message received
- **2023-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 421)
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/10/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/10/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 209, 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/58fcc3a6-0b7d-4796-8d1c-fa0d01732832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).