---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending expiration date for per diem rate freeze for incarcerated inmates in regional jails"
description: "Extending expiration date for per diem rate freeze for incarcerated inmates in regional jails"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20212S"
identifier: "SB 2023"
citation: "West Virginia SB 2023 (20212S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-24"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2240540-bdbc-4941-b156-e7f1657b714a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2023&year=2021&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "df751e73c5c171c4f1e2a71f5c0424c6ce6cb0933cd04a1125a680078e8db5a2"
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 2023 (20212S) — Extending expiration date for per diem rate freeze for incarcerated inmates in regional jails

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB2023%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=2X&i=2023)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB2023%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=2X&i=2023)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-06-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-06-24** Immediate consideration
- **2021-06-24** Committee reference dispensed
- **2021-06-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-06-24** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 23)
- **2021-06-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 24) `passage`
- **2021-06-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 24)
- **2021-06-24** Ordered to House
- **2021-06-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-06-24** Reference dispensed
- **2021-06-24** Immediate consideration
- **2021-06-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-06-24** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 744)
- **2021-06-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** Passed House (Roll No. 745) `passage`
- **2021-06-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 746)
- **2021-06-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-06-24** Completed legislative action
- **2021-06-24** House Message received
- **2021-06-25** To Governor 6/25/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-24** To Governor 6/25/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-24** To Governor 6/25/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-28** Approved by Governor 6/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-24** Approved by Governor 6/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-06-24** Approved by Governor 6/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-07-02** Chapter 21, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2240540-bdbc-4941-b156-e7f1657b714a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).