---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to venue for bringing civil action or arbitration proceedings under construction contracts"
description: "Relating to venue for bringing civil action or arbitration proceedings under construction contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 673"
citation: "West Virginia SB 673 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-19"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3954eb00-27dd-4f19-83ae-e3bc5edc2562"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=673&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "05acda9aa83227543dcd027411309677734e7540635d1519459370f20ef5bf3b"
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 673 (2021) — Relating to venue for bringing civil action or arbitration proceedings under construction contracts

## 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=SB673%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=673)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB673%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=673)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB673%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=673)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute reported
- **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. 203) `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 203)
- **2021-03-26** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Do pass
- **2021-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed House (Roll No. 469) `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 470)
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-06** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-07** House Message received
- **2021-04-13** To Governor 4/13/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 3, 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/3954eb00-27dd-4f19-83ae-e3bc5edc2562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).