republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-161.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property	Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2023	SB 161	West Virginia SB 161 (2023)	bill	Natural Resources	enacted	Blair	6	42	1	2023-01-12	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4e4a954c-588a-4478-b481-1a60d792d59f	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=161&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	f12b090733cd4ae96a051996ee2c20f930d40eb6f4fb9cb61b51b214a3a9bd52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 161 (2023) — Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. sb161 h jud am _1 1-16 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb161 h jud am _1 1-16 adopted.htm)
4. sb161 h jud am _1 1-16 as amended adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb161 h jud am _1 1-16 as amended adopted.htm)
5. sb161 hfa kimble and fast 1-19 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb161 hfa kimble and fast 1-19 _1 adopted.htm)
6. sb161 hfat capito 1-19 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb161 hfat capito 1-19 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blair — primary (person)
• Azinger — cosponsor (person)
• Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• Boley — cosponsor (person)
• Caputo — cosponsor (person)
• Chapman — cosponsor (person)
• Clements — cosponsor (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)
• Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
• Karnes — cosponsor (person)
• Maroney — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Maynard — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Plymale — cosponsor (person)
• Queen — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Stover — cosponsor (person)
• Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Swope — cosponsor (person)
• Takubo — cosponsor (person)
• Tarr — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Trump — cosponsor (person)
• Weld — cosponsor (person)
• Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
• Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-01-12 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-01-12 Immediate consideration
• 2023-01-12 Committee reference dispensed
• 2023-01-12 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-01-12 Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 48)
• 2023-01-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-01-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-01-12 Passed Senate (Roll No. 49) passage
• 2023-01-12 Effective from passage (Roll No. 49)
• 2023-01-12 Ordered to House
• 2023-01-13 Introduced in House introduction
• 2023-01-13 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-01-13 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-01-17 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2023-01-17 Immediate consideration
• 2023-01-17 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-01-18 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-01-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-01-18 Amendment pending
• 2023-01-19 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2023-01-19 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2023-01-19 Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
• 2023-01-19 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-01-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-01-19 Passed House (Roll No. 9) passage
• 2023-01-19 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-01-19 Effective from passage (Roll No. 10)
• 2023-01-19 Communicated to Senate
• 2023-01-20 House Message received
• 2023-01-20 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 55)
• 2023-01-20 Effective from passage (Roll No. 55)
• 2023-01-20 Communicated to House
• 2023-01-20 Completed legislative action
• 2023-01-23 House received Senate message
• 2023-01-23 To Governor 1/23/2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-01-24 To Governor 1/23/2023 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-01-24 To Governor 1/23/2023 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-01-24 Approved by Governor 1/24/2023 executive-signature
• 2023-01-25 Approved by Governor 1/24/2023 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2023-01-25 Approved by Governor 1/24/2023 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Chapter 217, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e4a954c-588a-4478-b481-1a60d792d59f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).