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legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-649.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing Berkeley County Council to change its name to Berkeley County Commission"
+description: "Authorizing Berkeley County Council to change its name to Berkeley County Commission"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 649"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 649 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Counties"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daeaf1c0-668c-41d0-90e8-b6fd4c581660"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=649&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "b01916fd640d6db278f3b0acaf509853295f2a5ad8904b15f8fcdc3fafac60c9"
+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 649 (2023) — Authorizing Berkeley County Council to change its name to Berkeley County Commission
+
+## 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=sb649%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=649)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb649%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=649)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb649%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=649)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blair — primary (person)
+- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+- Trump — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-15** To Government Organization `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. 264) `passage`
+- **2023-02-24** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06** Do pass
+- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 609) `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-10** House Message received
+- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House 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 332, 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/daeaf1c0-668c-41d0-90e8-b6fd4c581660`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+