---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring state medical examiner to enter into contracts with procurement organization"
description: "Requiring state medical examiner to enter into contracts with procurement organization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 605"
citation: "West Virginia SB 605 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maroney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b60f92cc-be1a-412c-a592-959b5a373ce4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=605&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cc04692c31bf9daaedf81912e327d93b0ecf30db7841316fdea28605976f1cb2"
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 605 (2023) — Requiring state medical examiner to enter into contracts with procurement organization

## 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=sb605%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=605)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb605%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=605)
3. **sb605 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb605 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm)
4. **sb605 h hhr am _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb605 h hhr am _1 as amended adopted.htm)
5. **sb605 hfa summers 3-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb605 hfa summers 3-2 _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maroney — primary (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 215) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2023-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 450) `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 451)
- **2023-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-07** House Message received
- **2023-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 420)
- **2023-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 420)
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/9/2023 - 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 254, 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/b60f92cc-be1a-412c-a592-959b5a373ce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).