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Laws · West Virginia · HB 4983

HB 4983: Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center

West Virginia, 2026 Regular Session. Signed, March 30, 2026.

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Status Signed Signed, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center.This section is new; therefore,

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Number HB 4983, as its own legislature prints it. The record files it under H.B. 4983, which is the form this page's address and every export use. The two forms are the same measure. The record normalizes a number so a reader can search one way across fifty states; the legislature's own form is the one printed here.

Sponsors Doug Smith (R)

Subjects Rules The legislature's own list.

Official page www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4983&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill. Found through LegiScan (bill 2102714), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. March 30, 2026 Signed

    H.B. 4983 was signed. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Approved by Governor 3/27/2026.

  2. March 13, 2026 Passed second chamber

    H.B. 4983 passed the Senate. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Completed legislative action.

  3. March 6, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 4983 went to committee in the Senate. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment.

  4. February 19, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 4983 went to committee in the Senate. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: To Judiciary.

  5. February 17, 2026 Passed first chamber

    H.B. 4983 passed the House of Delegates. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Communicated to Senate.

  6. January 30, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 4983 went to committee in the House of Delegates. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in House.

  7. January 30, 2026 Introduced

    H.B. 4983 was introduced in the House of Delegates. wvlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced in House.

Newest first. A stage is never overwritten; each entry carries the source it rests on. The status at the top is derived from the newest entry. The action text in Researcher mode is the legislature's own wording.

Sources

  1. HB 4983 on the legislature's site www.wvlegislature.gov

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