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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarifying purpose and use of Economic Development Project Fund"
+description: "Clarifying purpose and use of Economic Development Project Fund"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 523"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 523 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Economic Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-31"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05de1857-db5f-4805-82f8-f10459375097"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=523&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "e3a79c18a5d11019344dc802c961158f192fe9018f848bc005d34b08d8c5baf0"
+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 523 (2023) — Clarifying purpose and use of Economic Development Project Fund
+
+## 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=sb523%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=523)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb523%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=523)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb523%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=523)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tarr — primary (person)
+- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
+- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-31** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-31** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute reported
+- **2023-02-20** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-21** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-22** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 234) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 234)
+- **2023-02-22** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-23** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Do pass
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2023-03-10** Motion for previous question rejected (Roll No. 671)
+- **2023-03-10** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 672) `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 673) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-10** Effective ninety days from passage
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05de1857-db5f-4805-82f8-f10459375097`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+