---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to voting precincts and redistricting"
description: "Relating to voting precincts and redistricting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "West Virginia SB 253 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98218b54-db29-4b5b-830f-a959fa9f1038"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=253&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f75abfed70141d686ff9ce7d9ab17fc182856e3488762074b2c184b9f08ba92d"
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 253 (2022) — Relating to voting precincts and redistricting

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB253%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=253)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB253%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=253)
3. **SB253 H GO AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB253 H GO AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **SB253 HFAT STEELE 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB253 HFAT STEELE 3-9 adopted.htm)
5. **SB253 S JUD AMT _1 1-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB253 S JUD AMT _1 1-17 adopted.htm)
6. **SB253 SFA TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB253 SFA TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm)
7. **SB253 SFAT TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB253 SFAT TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-19** On 1st reading
- **2022-01-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** On 2nd reading
- **2022-01-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-21** On 3rd reading
- **2022-01-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-01-21** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 39) `passage`
- **2022-01-21** Ordered to House
- **2022-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 475) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 484)
- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 664)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-23** To Governor 3/23/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-20** Chapter 109, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98218b54-db29-4b5b-830f-a959fa9f1038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).