---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying department responsible for administration of certain programs"
description: "Clarifying department responsible for administration of certain programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 735"
citation: "West Virginia SB 735 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a2fd5c-de85-46d2-8701-93d2c0d9f5c8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=735&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cfa38081efa8176db5d22ac41b81486397ab92aff7f659690bb64b694dc99a99"
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 735 (2023) — Clarifying department responsible for administration of certain programs

## 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=sb735%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=735)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb735%20org.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=735)
3. **sb735 h go am _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb735 h go am _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
4. **sb735 hfa phillips 3-8 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb735 hfa phillips 3-8 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb735 hfa phillips 3-9 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb735 hfa phillips 3-9 _2 adopted.htm)
6. **sb735 hfat phillips 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb735 hfat phillips 3-10 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Originating in Senate Government Organization
- **2023-02-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 301) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** 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`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 705) `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. 599)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **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 120, 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/d2a2fd5c-de85-46d2-8701-93d2c0d9f5c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).