---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority"
description: "Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "West Virginia SB 354 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23356719-53e3-4ace-9c86-7f2e866b40eb"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=354&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cff9c8450f0ac0843b0e0500096c38f86c8dfd4cdadd71e0a747937557f98ea8"
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 354 (2024) — Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority

## 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=sb354%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=354)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb354%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=354)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb354%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=354)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **80–20** (pass) · lower
- HFA DILLON 2-9 #1 — **28–71** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-12** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-19** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-23** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/23/2024
- **2024-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 62) `passage`
- **2024-01-25** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-26** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Do pass
- **2024-02-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/12/2024
- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-12** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-12** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 153) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 159) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-14** House Message received
- **2024-02-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 129)
- **2024-02-14** Communicated to House
- **2024-02-14** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-16** House received Senate message
- **2024-02-19** To Governor 2/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-20** To Governor 2/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-20** To Governor 2/19/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-23** Approved by Governor 2/23/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-24** Approved by Governor 2/23/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-26** Approved by Governor 2/23/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 96, 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/23356719-53e3-4ace-9c86-7f2e866b40eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).