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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to voting precincts and redistricting"
+description: "Relating to voting precincts and redistricting"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 253"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 253 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-13"
+last_action: "2022-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98218b54-db29-4b5b-830f-a959fa9f1038"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=253&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "f75abfed70141d686ff9ce7d9ab17fc182856e3488762074b2c184b9f08ba92d"
+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 253 (2022) — Relating to voting precincts and redistricting
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB253%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=253)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB253%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=253)
+3. **SB253 H GO AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB253 H GO AM _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **SB253 HFAT STEELE 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB253 HFAT STEELE 3-9 adopted.htm)
+5. **SB253 S JUD AMT _1 1-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB253 S JUD AMT _1 1-17 adopted.htm)
+6. **SB253 SFA TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB253 SFA TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm)
+7. **SB253 SFAT TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB253 SFAT TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Trump — primary (person)
+- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
+- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2022-01-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-01-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-18** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-19** On 1st reading
+- **2022-01-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-20** On 2nd reading
+- **2022-01-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-21** On 3rd reading
+- **2022-01-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-01-21** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 39) `passage`
+- **2022-01-21** Ordered to House
+- **2022-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2022-01-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-24** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **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`
+- **2022-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 475) `passage`
+- **2022-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-12** House Message received
+- **2022-03-12** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 484)
+- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
+- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 664)
+- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2022-03-12** House Message received
+- **2022-03-23** To Governor 3/23/2022 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/22 - 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 109, 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/98218b54-db29-4b5b-830f-a959fa9f1038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+