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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures"
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description: "Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures"
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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: "SB 508"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 508 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Ethics"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-27"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e99daca-09b7-4cfc-8ab0-87de1415aeef"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=508&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "d6017106103394a663f6f8837d8e81c2a146d652572ddb31e184a11b3a1c152e"
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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 SB 508 (2023) — Clarifying reporting and disclosure requirements for grassroots lobbying expenditures
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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=sb508%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=508)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb508%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=508)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **29–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Azinger — primary (person)
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- Trump — cosponsor (person)
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- Weld — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-09** On 1st reading
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- **2023-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-10** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-13** On 3rd reading
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- **2023-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 175) `passage`
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- **2023-02-13** Ordered to House
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- **2023-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08** Do pass
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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, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-10** House rejected (Roll No. 668)
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- **2023-03-10** Motion to reconsider
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- **2023-03-10** Motion to table the motion to reconsider rejected (Roll No. 674)
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- **2023-03-10** House reconsidered its action (Roll No. 675)
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- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 676) `passage`
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- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-11** House Message received
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 207, 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/6e99daca-09b7-4cfc-8ab0-87de1415aeef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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