---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, Division of Natural Resources"
description: "Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, Division of Natural Resources"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "West Virginia SB 707 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c848bbcb-ed6b-4412-a671-e07d8464885d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=707&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9212344c14cf18336630c01c0786cfa38d33471a583e862707785e478beecab5"
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 707 (2024) — Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, Division of Natural Resources

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb707%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=707)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb707%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=707)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **93–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-07** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 181) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 181)
- **2024-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-21** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Do pass
- **2024-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 452) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 453)
- **2024-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-05** House Message received
- **2024-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/14/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 35, 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/c848bbcb-ed6b-4412-a671-e07d8464885d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).