---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils"
description: "Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "West Virginia SB 207 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96ca687d-7ba4-46ea-b832-c51aea21f2ce"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=207&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "530c18d8d939ce5e6e6f43467050e4bc99cbac3dd0bcfd66dddf7b37dc35022c"
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 207 (2023) — Relating to state allocation of funding to regional councils

## 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=sb207%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=207)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb207%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=207)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-13** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 64) `passage`
- **2023-01-24** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** To Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Do pass
- **2023-01-30** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Passed House (Roll No. 61) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-01** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-02** House Message received
- **2023-02-06** To Governor 2/6/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-06** To Governor 2/6/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-09** Approved by Governor 2/9/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-10** Approved by Governor 2/9/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-10** Approved by Governor 2/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 116, 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/96ca687d-7ba4-46ea-b832-c51aea21f2ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).