---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to county economic opportunity development districts"
description: "Relating to county economic opportunity development districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "West Virginia SB 461 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swope"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f70e6614-1f61-4578-b430-2d77109cb88c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=461&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "59b52d504ef6e0bafbf8ec4dacb7d447629757f1db119a7d1d759aa89674127d"
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 461 (2024) — Relating to county economic opportunity development districts

## 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=sb461%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=461)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb461%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=461)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **81–17** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swope — primary (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-16** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-26** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-30** Laid over on 3rd reading 1/30/2024
- **2024-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 80) `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-20** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-21** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Placed on House Calendar
- **2024-02-22** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2024-03-07** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2024-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn (Voice)
- **2024-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 767) `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-14** To Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - 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 97, 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/f70e6614-1f61-4578-b430-2d77109cb88c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).