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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes"
+description: "Requiring DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 623"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 623 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-02"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9dee758-4fff-4a48-a0cc-01359f94e079"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=623&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "86b41585e49926a8bbe89ef2ecbfcefeba925a00f2558c264a4ed6f1eaba624d"
+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 623 (2024) — Requiring DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb623%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=623)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb623%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=623)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb623%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=623)
+4. **sb623 h jud am. _1 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb623%20h%20jud%20am.%20_1%202-29%20adopted.htm)
+5. **sb623 h jud am. _1 2-29 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb623%20h%20jud%20am.%20_1%202-29%20as%20amended%20adopted.htm)
+6. **sb623 sfa takubo _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb623%20sfa%20takubo%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
+7. **sb623 sfat takubo _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb623%20sfat%20takubo%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — **92–3** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **93–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **95–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tarr — primary (person)
+- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-13** Committee substitute reported
+- **2024-02-13** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-14** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-15** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 148) `passage`
+- **2024-02-15** Ordered to House
+- **2024-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-02-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-29** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-03-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 466) `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-06** House Message received
+- **2024-03-06** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 378)
+- **2024-03-06** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 378)
+- **2024-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
+- **2024-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 635)
+- **2024-03-08** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 636)
+- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-09** House Message received
+- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-23** Chapter 122, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9dee758-4fff-4a48-a0cc-01359f94e079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+