---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing funding for certain broadband expansion programs administered by Economic Development Authority"
description: "Providing funding for certain broadband expansion programs administered by Economic Development Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20242S"
identifier: "SB 2035"
citation: "West Virginia SB 2035 (20242S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-10-07"
last_action: "2024-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0d87917-fb4a-4e9f-8545-aabc4aa43c75"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2035&year=2024&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "87c3f4aa221ee27f7c5bfc6d2d9ebd8e4deffc661d4d361870b607767ab41def"
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 2035 (20242S) — Providing funding for certain broadband expansion programs administered by Economic Development 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=sb2035%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=2035)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2035%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=2035)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2035%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=2035)
4. **sb2035 hfa criss and riley 10-8 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/2X/floor_amends/sb2035%20hfa%20criss%20and%20riley%2010-8%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb2035 sfa tarr _1 10-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/2X/floor_amends/sb2035%20sfa%20tarr%20_1%2010-8%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **85–5** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **89–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **88–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-10-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-10-07** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-10-07** Immediate consideration
- **2024-10-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-07** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 39)
- **2024-10-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 40) `passage`
- **2024-10-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 40)
- **2024-10-08** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2024-10-08** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2024-10-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 61) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 61)
- **2024-10-08** Ordered to House
- **2024-10-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-10-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-10-08** Immediate consideration
- **2024-10-08** Reference dispensed
- **2024-10-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-08** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 947)
- **2024-10-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-08** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-10-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-10-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-08** Passed House (Roll No. 948) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 949)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-10-08** House Message received
- **2024-10-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 87)
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 87)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to House
- **2024-10-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-10-11** To Governor 10/11/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/11/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/11/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-29** Chapter 31, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary 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/a0d87917-fb4a-4e9f-8545-aabc4aa43c75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).