---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid Waste Management Act"
description: "Solid Waste Management Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 603"
citation: "West Virginia SB 603 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cc033b7-8f29-47a0-b37e-c9f9bfe3a691"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=603&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "227a72f44a387fcfae2c7ad4045e7d8b585fcc825d6061e9fc7cb71ace9eb441"
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 603 (2024) — Solid Waste Management Act

## 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=sb603%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=603)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb603%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=603)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb603%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=603)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb603%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=603)
5. **sb603 sfa woodrum _1 2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb603%20sfa%20%20woodrum%20_1%202-22%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb603 sfat woodrum _1 2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb603%20sfat%20woodrum%20_1%202-22%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-21** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 223) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-26** Reference dispensed
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Placed on House Calendar
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2024-03-01** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 436) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 437)
- **2024-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-04** House Message received
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2024-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 333)
- **2024-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-01** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-04** To Governor 3/4/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-05** To Governor 3/4/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 128, 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/5cc033b7-8f29-47a0-b37e-c9f9bfe3a691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).