---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development"
description: "Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "West Virginia SB 231 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swope"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df20c9f-95ba-4b1b-9a33-5b1eb8e4905f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=231&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "215d7b1e4d62f26d004b66d2e1f19b267198a3c90ce8d3e33bb51f04f377cf69"
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 231 (2023) — Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development

## 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=sb231%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=231)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb231%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=231)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swope — primary (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-16** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 65) `passage`
- **2023-01-24** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Reference dispensed
- **2023-01-25** Immediate consideration
- **2023-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** Passed House (Roll No. 43) `passage`
- **2023-01-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 44)
- **2023-01-27** House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
- **2023-01-30** House Message received
- **2023-01-30** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2023-01-30** Effective from passage (Roll No. 87)
- **2023-01-30** Communicated to House
- **2023-01-27** Completed legislative action
- **2023-01-31** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-01** To Governor 2/1/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-02** To Governor 2/1/23 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-06** Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-07** Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-07** Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 117, 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/6df20c9f-95ba-4b1b-9a33-5b1eb8e4905f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).