---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying role and responsibilities of State Resiliency Officer"
description: "Clarifying role and responsibilities of State Resiliency Officer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 677"
citation: "West Virginia SB 677 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swope"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7601ae3-69da-4e0f-90af-7ba714857d91"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=677&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8e00ff19511f822df3901a088028879083d650ed0140ce651077e062ea831316"
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 677 (2023) — Clarifying role and responsibilities of State Resiliency Officer

## 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=sb677%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=677)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb677%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=677)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb677%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=677)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb677%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=677)
5. **sb677 hfa riley and criss 3-9 _1 rev adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb677 hfa riley and criss 3-9 _1 rev adopted.htm)
6. **sb677 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb677 hfin am adopted.htm)
7. **sb677 hfin am as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb677 hfin am as amended adopted.htm)
8. **sb677 hfin amt adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb677 hfin amt adopted adopted.htm)
9. **sb677 hfin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb677 hfin amt adopted.htm)
10. **sb677 sfa jeffries _5 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb677 sfa jeffries _5 2-27 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swope — primary (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-17** To Economic Development then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-02-24** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 297) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 699) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 700)
- **2023-03-10** House reconsidered date effective
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 706)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 598)
- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 598)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 281, 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/c7601ae3-69da-4e0f-90af-7ba714857d91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).