---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Berkeley County Council to change its name to Berkeley County Commission"
description: "Authorizing Berkeley County Council to change its name to Berkeley County Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "West Virginia SB 649 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daeaf1c0-668c-41d0-90e8-b6fd4c581660"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=649&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b01916fd640d6db278f3b0acaf509853295f2a5ad8904b15f8fcdc3fafac60c9"
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 649 (2023) — Authorizing Berkeley County Council to change its name to Berkeley County Commission

## 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=sb649%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=649)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb649%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=649)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb649%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=649)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 264) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Do pass
- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 609) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-10** House Message received
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `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 332, 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/daeaf1c0-668c-41d0-90e8-b6fd4c581660`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).