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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness"
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description: "Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness"
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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 128"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 128 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Safety"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-11"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f3062bc-72da-4c22-a1c6-8175e16e605e"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=128&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "c06f62c6191d5e34cb551350a9dd5dd9a1f4a5b3ad48955c2e1eece8a1dc2f80"
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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 128 (2023) — Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness
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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=sb128%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=128)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb128%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=128)
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3. **sb128 h go am _1 1-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb128 h go am _1 1-18 adopted.htm)
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4. **sb128 h go am _1 1-18 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb128 h go am _1 1-18 as amended adopted.htm)
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5. **sb128 hfa capito 1-24 _1 revised adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 hfa capito 1-24 _1 revised adopted.htm)
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6. **sb128 hfa phillips 1-22 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 hfa phillips 1-22 _1 adopted.htm)
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7. **sb128 hfat phillips 1-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 hfat phillips 1-24 adopted.htm)
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8. **sb128 sfa takubo 1-26 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 sfa takubo 1-26 _1 adopted.htm)
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9. **sb128 sfa takubo 2-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 sfa takubo 2-23 _1 adopted.htm)
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10. **sb128 sfat takubo 2-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 sfat takubo 2-1 adopted.htm)
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11. **sb128 sfat takubo 2-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb128 sfat takubo 2-19 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Boley — cosponsor (person)
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- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-01-11** Immediate consideration
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- **2023-01-11** Committee reference dispensed
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- **2023-01-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-11** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 5)
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- **2023-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-01-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 6) `passage`
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- **2023-01-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 6)
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- **2023-01-11** Ordered to House
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- **2023-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-19** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-01-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-23** Amendment pending
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- **2023-01-24** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
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- **2023-01-24** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
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- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 23)
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- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 24)
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- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 25)
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- **2023-01-24** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
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- **2023-01-24** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-01-24** Passed House (Roll No. 26) `passage`
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- **2023-01-24** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-01-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 31)
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- **2023-01-24** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-02-01** House Message received
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- **2023-02-01** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 110)
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- **2023-02-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 110)
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- **2023-02-23** Senate reconsidered amendment and withdrew (Voice vote)
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- **2023-02-23** Substitute amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 243) `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 243)
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- **2023-02-23** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2023-02-23** House received Senate message
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- **2023-02-23** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 232)
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- **2023-02-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 233)
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- **2023-02-23** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-02-23** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-02-25** House Message received
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- **2023-02-27** To Governor 2/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-02-28** To Governor 2/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-04** Became law 3/4/2023
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- **2023-03-06** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
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- **2023-03-06** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 276, 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/6f3062bc-72da-4c22-a1c6-8175e16e605e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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