---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to government contracting"
description: "Relating generally to government contracting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 587"
citation: "West Virginia SB 587 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05d0ffed-a7a9-4772-b2e6-27620b7675de"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=587&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e5515ca8a2144902e04b89daee4a441429eda096663b47f4bd275f701d3bae9d"
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 587 (2025) — Relating generally to government contracting

## 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=sb587%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=587)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb587%20sub2.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=587)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb587%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=587)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb587%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=587)
5. **sb587 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb587%20h%20go%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb587 hfa riley 4-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb587%20hfa%20riley%204-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb587 hfat phillips 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb587%20hfat%20phillips%204-11%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-24** To Workforce then Government Organization
- **2025-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** To Workforce
- **2025-03-05** Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization
- **2025-03-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-24** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 183) `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-26** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Passed House (Roll No. 513) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 553)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 128, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05d0ffed-a7a9-4772-b2e6-27620b7675de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).