---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring state board of examination or registration proceedings to be open to public inspection"
description: "Requiring state board of examination or registration proceedings to be open to public inspection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "West Virginia SB 240 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Records and Papers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00af03d8-a270-49e5-8818-895b6e96d414"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=240&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d76ce43e5052e2f44cac3fa2e830ff5979af2e7764473758d1dfc1427693a551"
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 240 (2023) — Requiring state board of examination or registration proceedings to be open to public inspection

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb240%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=240)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb240%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=240)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb240%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=240)
4. **sb240 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb240 h go am _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb240 hfat phillips 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb240 hfat phillips 3-9 adopted.htm)
6. **sb240 sfa woodrum _1 1-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb240 sfa woodrum _1 1-27 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-30** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/30/2023
- **2023-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-01** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 117) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 644) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 584)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 228, 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/00af03d8-a270-49e5-8818-895b6e96d414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).