---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Intellectual and Development Disabilities Waiver Program Workforce Study"
description: "Relating to Intellectual and Development Disabilities Waiver Program Workforce Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 617"
citation: "West Virginia SB 617 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 55
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb05994-3fc4-4b87-a50e-b573b189b160"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=617&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e3bd603207deb03969994f6d818bfea2197afbc851f473fc47b6983441237a8c"
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 617 (2023) — Relating to Intellectual and Development Disabilities Waiver Program Workforce Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb617%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=617)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb617%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=617)
3. **House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 788)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00788.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb617%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=617)
5. **Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 621)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/senate/03-11-0621.pdf)
6. **sb617 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb617 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm)
7. **sb617 hfat summers 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb617 hfat summers 3-9 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 262) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-24** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 691) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House refused to recede and requested conference(Voice vote)
- **2023-03-11** House appointed conferees: Summers, Williams, Hardy
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate appoints conference committee: Maroney, Barrett, Woelfel
- **2023-03-11** To conference
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Conference report filed - Senate
- **2023-03-11** Conference report filed - House
- **2023-03-11** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 621)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** Conference report received-House
- **2023-03-11** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 788)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 256, 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/ecb05994-3fc4-4b87-a50e-b573b189b160`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).