---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing reference to Curator of Department of Arts, Culture, and History to secretary"
description: "Changing reference to Curator of Department of Arts, Culture, and History to secretary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 865"
citation: "West Virginia SB 865 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-19"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b67d0a-f709-4e3b-be57-84d059c7f9cd"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=865&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c470d22902cff9d83851915b55d2f8f901a0cb915be078d745b89664e037328a"
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 865 (2024) — Changing reference to Curator of Department of Arts, Culture, and History to secretary

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb865%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=865)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb865%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=865)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb865%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=865)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb865%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=865)
5. **sb865 sfa woodrum _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb865%20sfa%20%20woodrum%20_1%202-24%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb865 sfat woodrum _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb865%20sfat%20woodrum%20_1%202-24%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **83–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **84–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-23** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/23/2024
- **2024-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-24** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 272) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 272)
- **2024-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Do pass
- **2024-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 512) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 513)
- **2024-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-07** House Message received
- **2024-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 147, 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/d1b67d0a-f709-4e3b-be57-84d059c7f9cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).