republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/hb-5549.md

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Bill	Relating to allowing license plates to be obtained from alternative sources when the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is unable to produce them	Relating to allowing license plates to be obtained from alternative sources when the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is unable to produce them	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2024	HB 5549	West Virginia HB 5549 (2024)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Linville	9	45	4	2024-02-09	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/a9918863-9ce8-4887-aa3f-fdfde3d56879	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5549&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	ebb404908dd8c336bf0bd2ecd1248b723de5b2c7afb312f11a6e075dd00b43c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5549 (2024) — Relating to allowing license plates to be obtained from alternative sources when the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is unable to produce them

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Engrossment (committee substitute) — source
5. hb5549 hfa brooks 2-19 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb5549 hfa linville 2-16 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. hb5549 hfat linville 2-16 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. hb5549 sfa clements _1 2-21 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
9. hb5549 sfat clements _1 2-21 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• COMMIT TO FINANCE — 28–70 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 86–11 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 68–29 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Linville — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-02-09 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-09 To Technology and Infrastructure referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-09 To House Technology and Infrastructure referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Do pass
• 2024-02-15 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-16 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-16 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-02-19 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-19 Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-20 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-20 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2024-02-20 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Motion to recommit to Finance rejected (Roll No. 239)
• 2024-02-20 Passed House (Roll No. 240) passage
• 2024-02-20 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-02-20 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-02-21 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-02-21 Committee reference dispensed
• 2024-02-22 On 1st reading
• 2024-02-22 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-23 On 2nd reading
• 2024-02-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-02-24 On 3rd reading
• 2024-02-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-24 Passed Senate (Roll No. 250) passage
• 2024-02-24 Title amendment adopted
• 2024-02-24 Senate requests House to concur
• 2024-03-04 House received Senate message
• 2024-03-04 Immediate consideration
• 2024-03-04 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 441)
• 2024-03-04 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-03-04 Completed legislative action
• 2024-03-05 House Message received
• 2024-03-13 To Governor 3/13/2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor 3/26/24 executive-signature
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Chapter 61, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9918863-9ce8-4887-aa3f-fdfde3d56879. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).