---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying Legislative Auditor's scope of authority"
description: "Clarifying Legislative Auditor's scope of authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 687"
citation: "West Virginia SB 687 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a787297d-16fa-4a0e-9b9a-f29278546daa"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=687&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "db90f46b7a6f519506af7b35c21f7e53126e35ff6c93eeaad8c2ef1de9ebb50b"
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 687 (2024) — Clarifying Legislative Auditor's scope of authority

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb687%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=687)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb687%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=687)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb687%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=687)
4. **sb687 sfa woodrum _1 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb687%20sfa%20woodrum%20_1%202-16%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb687 sfat woodrum _1 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb687%20sfat%20woodrum%20_1%202-18%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **62–35** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- HFA YOUNG 3-7 #1 — **47–50** (fail) · lower
- HFA PUSHKIN 3-6 #2 — **15–82** (fail) · lower
- HFA PUSHKIN 3-6 #1 — **35–61** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **20–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-07** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-02-16** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/16/2024 with right to amend
- **2024-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 164) `passage`
- **2024-02-19** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-19** Effective from passage (Roll No. 165)
- **2024-02-19** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** To House Government Organization `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`
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 569) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 570) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 571) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 572) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Effective date rejected (Roll No. 573)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** House Message received
- **2024-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendment and rejected bill (Roll No. 424)
- **2024-03-07** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 425)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-07** Effective ninety days from passage
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - 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 182, 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/a787297d-16fa-4a0e-9b9a-f29278546daa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).