---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment"
description: "Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 209"
citation: "West Virginia SB 209 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0193df7c-6fa8-4253-8e46-d6bc455834fb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=209&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "feca2497a8c7208cb993494d5d9830ec2d7c6c97ed7816b3bc56dbc57eafaf16"
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 209 (2020) — Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment

## 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=SB209%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=209)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB209%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=209)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB209%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=209)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-09** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-27** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 42) `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 42)
- **2020-01-29** Ordered to House
- **2020-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** To House Political Subdivisions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Do pass
- **2020-02-17** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 246) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 247)
- **2020-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-20** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-21** House Message received
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 65, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0193df7c-6fa8-4253-8e46-d6bc455834fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).