---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to administration of WV Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund Act"
description: "Relating to administration of WV Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 561"
citation: "West Virginia SB 561 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833337c4-9b5b-453e-993b-80309468727a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=561&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "637b8e68174ff923be0dbfd5107bdd8634a3acd9011eade42e7e1c5b2f357775"
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 561 (2023) — Relating to administration of WV Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund Act

## 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=sb561%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=561)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb561%20sub2.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=561)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb561%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=561)
4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb561%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=561)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb561%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=561)
6. **sb561 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb561 h fin am _1 adopted.htm)
7. **sb561 hfat criss 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb561 hfat criss 3-9 adopted.htm)
8. **sb561 sfa tarr _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb561 sfa tarr _1 2-24 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-03** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-23** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-02-25** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/25/2023 with right to amend
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 291) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **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. 683) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Effective July 1, 2023 (Roll No. 684)
- **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. 592)
- **2023-03-11** Effective July 1, 2023 (Roll No. 592)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 148, 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/833337c4-9b5b-453e-993b-80309468727a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).