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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating generally to broadband connectivity"
+description: "Relating generally to broadband connectivity"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 231"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 231 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Economic Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-12"
+last_action: "2022-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/515dd886-4cb9-45d5-af1c-3609ddcb0c79"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=231&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "fa4489989bd613537b486b7c26bb3a9094cb2f5881cda89f4ef26aee92c7ee2e"
+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 231 (2022) — Relating generally to broadband connectivity
+
+## 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=SB231%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=231)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB231%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=231)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB231%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=231)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tarr — primary (person)
+- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
+- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
+- Romano — cosponsor (person)
+- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
+- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2022-01-12** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-02** Committee substitute reported
+- **2022-02-03** On 1st reading
+- **2022-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-07** On 2nd reading
+- **2022-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-08** On 3rd reading
+- **2022-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 80) `passage`
+- **2022-02-08** Ordered to House
+- **2022-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-07** Do pass
+- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-10** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/11/22
+- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-11** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/12/22
+- **2022-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-12** Placed at foot of bills
+- **2022-03-12** Reported by the Clerk
+- **2022-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 651) `passage`
+- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2022-03-12** House Message received
+- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
+- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
+- **2022-04-20** Chapter 48, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/515dd886-4cb9-45d5-af1c-3609ddcb0c79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+