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type: "Bill"
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title: "Allowing counties and municipalities to jointly undertake development projects"
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description: "Allowing counties and municipalities to jointly undertake development projects"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 591"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 591 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Economic Development", "Municipalities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Swope"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbe1c122-728e-4153-9c5a-ae232f545dc1"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=591&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "95ded77b0f49e17b6c38c7ecd408856a6c68d498467460953c670678a5487ca2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 591 (2023) — Allowing counties and municipalities to jointly undertake development projects
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb591%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=591)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb591%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=591)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Swope — primary (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Trump — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-02-09** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-02-09** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading
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- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading
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- **2023-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 223) `passage`
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- **2023-02-21** Ordered to House
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- **2023-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-02-21** To Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-21** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-24** Do pass
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- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-25** Placed on House Calendar
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- **2023-03-02** On 1st reading, House Calendar
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- **2023-03-02** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 492) `passage`
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- **2023-03-04** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-04** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-06** House Message received
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- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-08** Approved by Governor 3/8/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/8/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/8/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 84, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbe1c122-728e-4153-9c5a-ae232f545dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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