---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making supplementary appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, Division of Emergency Management, Growth County Fire Protection Fund and County Fire Protection Fund"
description: "Making supplementary appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, Division of Emergency Management, Growth County Fire Protection Fund and County Fire Protection Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20231S"
identifier: "SB 1023"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1023 (20231S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-08-06"
last_action: "2023-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c321f75-476f-484c-8162-cf3841a52d86"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1023&year=2023&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2e3a0eb5aba3a1ac1af7f64336cc30b8d8866dfb093ac77e0ca65cc2af80be5b"
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 1023 (20231S) — Making supplementary appropriation to Department of Homeland Security, Division of Emergency Management, Growth County Fire Protection Fund and County Fire Protection Fund

## 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=sb1023%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=1023)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1023%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=1023)
3. **sb1023 hfa criss _1 8-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2023/1X/floor_amends/sb1023 hfa criss _1 8-8 adopted.htm)
4. **sb1023 hfat criss _1 8-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2023/1X/floor_amends/sb1023 hfat criss _1 8-8 adopted.htm)

## 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. 19)
- **2023-08-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 20) `passage`
- **2023-08-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 20)
- **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. 838)
- **2023-08-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-08-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-08** Passed House (Roll No. 839) `passage`
- **2023-08-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-08-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 840)
- **2023-08-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-08-08** House Message received
- **2023-08-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 84)
- **2023-08-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 84)
- **2023-08-08** Communicated to House
- **2023-08-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/10/23 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-10** To Governor 8/10/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/10/23 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** Approved by Governor 8/14/23 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-14** Approved by Governor 8/14/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-08** Approved by Governor 8/14/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-29** Chapter 11, 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/2c321f75-476f-484c-8162-cf3841a52d86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).