---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Mercer County Commission to levy special district excise tax for Ridges Economic Opportunity Development District"
description: "Authorizing Mercer County Commission to levy special district excise tax for Ridges Economic Opportunity Development District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20231S"
identifier: "SB 1020"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1020 (20231S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-08-06"
last_action: "2023-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c69c566e-f292-470d-8327-e348fa0e5e86"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1020&year=2023&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0fb6df7c89ad03d2d2567a9bcb568bbc3f354d5253ab43e9cf6cff9f4d187240"
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 1020 (20231S) — Authorizing Mercer County Commission to levy special district excise tax for Ridges Economic Opportunity Development District

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1020%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=1020)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1020%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=1020)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-08-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-08-06** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-08-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-06** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 13)
- **2023-08-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 14) `passage`
- **2023-08-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 14)
- **2023-08-06** Ordered to House
- **2023-08-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-08-08** Reference dispensed
- **2023-08-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-08** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 828)
- **2023-08-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-08** Passed House (Roll No. 829) `passage`
- **2023-08-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 830)
- **2023-08-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-08-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-08-08** House Message received
- **2023-08-09** To Governor 8/9/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/9/23 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/9/23 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-25** Became law 8/25/2023
- **2023-08-08** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2023-08-08** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2023-08-29** Chapter 29, Acts, 1st Extraordinary 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/c69c566e-f292-470d-8327-e348fa0e5e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).