---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program"
description: "Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 143"
citation: "West Virginia SB 143 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d8a7c7-af51-4779-8d78-5b7ec00ea4a5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=143&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d67f3e44816acbe5295f8cda920cf0dadf54bdfe158a59ef1c80b2425b77f28e"
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 143 (2023) — Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb143%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=143)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb143%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=143)
3. **sb143 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb143 h go am _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Immediate consideration
- **2023-01-11** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-01-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 35)
- **2023-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 36) `passage`
- **2023-01-11** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-01-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** Passed House (Roll No. 42) `passage`
- **2023-01-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-01-30** House Message received
- **2023-01-30** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 86)
- **2023-01-30** Communicated to House
- **2023-01-30** Completed legislative action
- **2023-01-31** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-01** To Governor 2/1/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-02** To Governor 2/1/23 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-06** Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-07** Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-07** Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 147, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8d8a7c7-af51-4779-8d78-5b7ec00ea4a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).