---
type: "Bill"
title: "WV Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024"
description: "WV Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 261"
citation: "West Virginia SB 261 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Military and Veterans", "Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce3cd7e9-43d8-4ef8-b08e-901c7c614760"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=261&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a6255075c9a144f4dd7d5c6fa60f63adf69be8f9f2b201ca669b63c88f1969dd"
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 261 (2024) — WV Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Program of 2024

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb261%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=261)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb261%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=261)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb261%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=261)
4. **sb261 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb261%20h%20fin%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb261 h fin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb261%20h%20fin%20amt%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** To Military then Finance
- **2024-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** To Military
- **2024-01-24** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2024-01-24** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2024-01-25** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 73) `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-30** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 546) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 467)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 266, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce3cd7e9-43d8-4ef8-b08e-901c7c614760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).