---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising membership of Broadband Enhancement Council"
description: "Revising membership of Broadband Enhancement Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "West Virginia SB 246 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d27add67-c065-449f-b705-1519df77a278"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=246&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "41bd3e2e7dec2a8406add93def02fe18da2e913b55dec3f54fc553f28c59a6e4"
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 246 (2023) — Revising membership of Broadband Enhancement Council

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb246%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=246)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb246%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=246)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb246%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=246)
4. **sb246 sfa woodrum _1 1-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb246 sfa woodrum _1 1-23 adopted.htm)
5. **sb246 sfat woodrum _1 1-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb246 sfat woodrum _1 1-23 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-01-25** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 72) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** To Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Do pass
- **2023-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-22** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 488) `passage`
- **2023-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-06** House Message received
- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 57, 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/d27add67-c065-449f-b705-1519df77a278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).