---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making contract consummation with state more efficient"
description: "Making contract consummation with state more efficient"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 587"
citation: "West Virginia SB 587 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3703399c-2b90-4b81-a677-ca840c458449"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=587&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cbb2df34b983a513af4cb5015667441014e44478ebe2eb67bb82669665fb14dc"
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 587 (2021) — Making contract consummation with state more efficient

## 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=SB587%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=587)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB587%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=587)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB587%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=587)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swope — primary (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-08** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2021-03-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 202) `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 202)
- **2021-03-26** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Do pass
- **2021-03-31** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-02** Passed House (Roll No. 413) `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 414)
- **2021-04-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-02** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-05** House Message received
- **2021-04-06** To Governor 4/6/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** To Governor 4/6/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 141, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3703399c-2b90-4b81-a677-ca840c458449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).