---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property"
description: "Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "West Virginia SB 161 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e4a954c-588a-4478-b481-1a60d792d59f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=161&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f12b090733cd4ae96a051996ee2c20f930d40eb6f4fb9cb61b51b214a3a9bd52"
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 161 (2023) — Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property

## 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=sb161%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=161)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb161%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=161)
3. **sb161 h jud am _1 1-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb161 h jud am _1 1-16 adopted.htm)
4. **sb161 h jud am _1 1-16 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb161 h jud am _1 1-16 as amended adopted.htm)
5. **sb161 hfa kimble and fast 1-19 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb161 hfa kimble and fast 1-19 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **sb161 hfat capito 1-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb161 hfat capito 1-19 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Boley — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stover — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Immediate consideration
- **2023-01-12** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-01-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 48)
- **2023-01-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 49) `passage`
- **2023-01-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 49)
- **2023-01-12** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17** Immediate consideration
- **2023-01-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** Amendment pending
- **2023-01-19** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-01-19** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2023-01-19** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-01-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-19** Passed House (Roll No. 9) `passage`
- **2023-01-19** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-01-19** Effective from passage (Roll No. 10)
- **2023-01-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-01-20** House Message received
- **2023-01-20** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 55)
- **2023-01-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 55)
- **2023-01-20** Communicated to House
- **2023-01-20** Completed legislative action
- **2023-01-23** House received Senate message
- **2023-01-23** To Governor 1/23/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-01-24** To Governor 1/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-01-24** To Governor 1/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-01-24** Approved by Governor 1/24/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-01-25** Approved by Governor 1/24/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-01-25** Approved by Governor 1/24/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 217, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e4a954c-588a-4478-b481-1a60d792d59f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).