---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing reference to Curator of Department of Arts, Culture, and History to Cabinet Secretary"
description: "Changing reference to Curator of Department of Arts, Culture, and History to Cabinet Secretary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 790"
citation: "West Virginia SB 790 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-14"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb2acba-e243-4d93-b4b8-77401d0b58fb"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=790&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0f299dbef53b882477edfbc90cdb3df13d4ef9c9fff2da987b4901c240bc0f31"
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 790 (2024) — Changing reference to Curator of Department of Arts, Culture, and History to Cabinet Secretary

## 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=sb790%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=790)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb790%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=790)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-14** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 130)
- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 131) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 131)
- **2024-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-15** Reference dispensed
- **2024-02-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 212) `passage`
- **2024-02-19** Effective from passage (Roll No. 213)
- **2024-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-19** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-20** House Message received
- **2024-02-22** To Governor 2/22/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-23** To Governor 2/22/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/28/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-29** Approved by Governor 2/28/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 145, 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/3fb2acba-e243-4d93-b4b8-77401d0b58fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).