---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying authority of Water Development Authority in certain circumstances"
description: "Clarifying authority of Water Development Authority in certain circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 610"
citation: "West Virginia SB 610 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fc44f73-6ef6-4582-9657-4a1cb573ba33"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=610&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b8cd139d39aa2b24874e4383b5696ea13ddf0d0955a87c330e7432bd087b12bc"
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 610 (2024) — Clarifying authority of Water Development Authority in certain circumstances

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb610%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=610)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb610%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=610)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (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`
- **2024-02-14** 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
- **2024-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 155) `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 155)
- **2024-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-19** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Do pass
- **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, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 556) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 557)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **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 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 129, 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/1fc44f73-6ef6-4582-9657-4a1cb573ba33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).