---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring certain agencies maintain website which contains specific information"
description: "Requiring certain agencies maintain website which contains specific information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "West Virginia SB 175 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d36edc8-4b9a-4b2a-81d0-bcf3b8eb6f4d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=175&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1742ad00786a036b1946fe68a83d8dea59386a3106b1aeb38ee1aaf49018e925"
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 175 (2020) — Requiring certain agencies maintain website which contains specific information

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 521)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00521.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB175%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=175)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB175%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=175)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB175%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=175)
5. **SB175 H FIN AM_1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB175 H FIN AM_1 2-28 adopted.htm)
6. **SB175 HFA FLEISCHAUER 3-2 REVISED adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB175 HFA FLEISCHAUER 3-2 REVISED adopted.htm)
7. **SB175 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER 3-05 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB175 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER 3-05 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HFA FLEISCHAUER 3-2 REVISED — **71–22** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **91–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-09** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2020-01-27** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-01-28** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 47) `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Ordered to House
- **2020-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-31** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-03-04** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 521)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 556) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 580)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 153, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d36edc8-4b9a-4b2a-81d0-bcf3b8eb6f4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).