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legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-591.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allowing counties and municipalities to jointly undertake development projects"
+description: "Allowing counties and municipalities to jointly undertake development projects"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 591"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 591 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Economic Development", "Municipalities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Swope"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-09"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbe1c122-728e-4153-9c5a-ae232f545dc1"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=591&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "95ded77b0f49e17b6c38c7ecd408856a6c68d498467460953c670678a5487ca2"
+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 591 (2023) — Allowing counties and municipalities to jointly undertake development projects
+
+## 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=sb591%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=591)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb591%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=591)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Swope — primary (person)
+- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+- Trump — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-09** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-09** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 223) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-21** To Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-21** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24** Do pass
+- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-25** Placed on House Calendar
+- **2023-03-02** On 1st reading, House Calendar
+- **2023-03-02** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 492) `passage`
+- **2023-03-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-04** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-06** House Message received
+- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-08** Approved by Governor 3/8/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/8/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/8/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 84, 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/cbe1c122-728e-4153-9c5a-ae232f545dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+