---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget"
description: "Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "West Virginia SB 217 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38f4475b-ad6f-4162-a783-ad9e79b13813"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=217&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "43da7d11c8d76f7061f29235ad52c96199d464776ec3bba1f54a04f11b22ab0b"
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 217 (2024) — Authorizing state and subdivisions to negotiate price for construction when all bids received exceed maximum budget

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb217%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=217)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb217%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=217)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb217%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=217)
4. **sb217 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb217%20h%20go%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **92–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-18** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 46) `passage`
- **2024-01-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 46)
- **2024-01-23** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 603)
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 604) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 625)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 466)
- **2024-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 466)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-14** To Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 141, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38f4475b-ad6f-4162-a783-ad9e79b13813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).