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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allowing for evaluation of prequalified bidders to be based on best value"
+description: "Allowing for evaluation of prequalified bidders to be based on best value"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 553"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 553 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Swope"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-03"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19dfd913-de60-4089-95ac-0fe4e97f32ca"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=553&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "19dffc765755bb3895810c96c495a5ab835ab51e81e16b7ecc032df99706ee06"
+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 553 (2023) — Allowing for evaluation of prequalified bidders to be based on best value
+
+## 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=sb553%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=553)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb553%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=553)
+3. **sb553 hfa phillips 2-28 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb553 hfa phillips 2-28 _1 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Swope — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-03** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-03** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-17** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **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. 236) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-23** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-27** Do pass
+- **2023-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-01** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 418) `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-03** House Message received
+- **2023-03-03** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 355)
+- **2023-03-03** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-03** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-04** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-06** To Governor 3/6/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/6/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/11/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/11/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 164, 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/19dfd913-de60-4089-95ac-0fe4e97f32ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+