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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to Intellectual and Development Disabilities Waiver Program Workforce Study"
+description: "Relating to Intellectual and Development Disabilities Waiver Program Workforce Study"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 617"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 617 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Human Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-14"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb05994-3fc4-4b87-a50e-b573b189b160"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=617&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "e3bd603207deb03969994f6d818bfea2197afbc851f473fc47b6983441237a8c"
+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 617 (2023) — Relating to Intellectual and Development Disabilities Waiver Program Workforce Study
+
+## 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=sb617%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=617)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb617%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=617)
+3. **House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 788)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00788.pdf)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb617%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=617)
+5. **Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 621)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/senate/03-11-0621.pdf)
+6. **sb617 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb617 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **sb617 hfat summers 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb617 hfat summers 3-9 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barrett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute reported
+- **2023-02-22** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-23** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-24** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 262) `passage`
+- **2023-02-24** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-24** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **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`
+- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 691) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** House refused to recede and requested conference(Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-11** House appointed conferees: Summers, Williams, Hardy
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** Senate appoints conference committee: Maroney, Barrett, Woelfel
+- **2023-03-11** To conference
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** Conference report filed - Senate
+- **2023-03-11** Conference report filed - House
+- **2023-03-11** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 621)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** Conference report received-House
+- **2023-03-11** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 788)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **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`
+- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 256, 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/ecb05994-3fc4-4b87-a50e-b573b189b160`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+