---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing statutory recognition and appointment of board members for WV First Foundation"
description: "Providing statutory recognition and appointment of board members for WV First Foundation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 674"
citation: "West Virginia SB 674 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0b6e368-877e-4ab2-9870-a9f18a7eda51"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=674&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0c8748268800ce70c760362fdb4fe2bc5fea382a4103eb99b055d5b654ee927a"
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 674 (2023) — Providing statutory recognition and appointment of board members for WV First Foundation

## 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=sb674%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=674)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb674%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=674)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 241) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 241)
- **2023-02-22** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do pass
- **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`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 697) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 698)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 257, 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/a0b6e368-877e-4ab2-9870-a9f18a7eda51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).