---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects"
description: "Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "West Virginia SB 544 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/728a3e6e-f8f7-4277-99b1-44fb04e2145c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=544&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dbccc08132ccc7d28d37cb4eb26cd2f97f7b662a0379707edc7e830f347030f5"
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 544 (2024) — Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects

## 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=sb544%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=544)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb544%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=544)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb544%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=544)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb544%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=544)
5. **sb544 hfat criss 2-20 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb544%20hfat%20criss%202-20%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb544 sfa jeffries _1 2-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb544%20sfa%20jeffries%20_1%202-13%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb544 sfat jeffries _1 2-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb544%20sfat%20jeffries%20_1%202-13%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-25** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-12** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/12/2024
- **2024-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 136) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-16** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-16** Reference dispensed
- **2024-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 231) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-27** House Message received
- **2024-02-27** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 277)
- **2024-02-27** Communicated to House
- **2024-02-27** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-29** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-01** To Governor 3/1/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** To Governor 3/1/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor 3/7/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 66, 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/728a3e6e-f8f7-4277-99b1-44fb04e2145c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).