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type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes"
description: "Requiring DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 623"
citation: "West Virginia SB 623 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9dee758-4fff-4a48-a0cc-01359f94e079"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=623&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "86b41585e49926a8bbe89ef2ecbfcefeba925a00f2558c264a4ed6f1eaba624d"
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 623 (2024) — Requiring DMV to provide images of certain individuals to Secretary of State for voter identification purposes
## 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=sb623%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=623)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb623%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=623)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb623%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=623)
4. **sb623 h jud am. _1 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb623%20h%20jud%20am.%20_1%202-29%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb623 h jud am. _1 2-29 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb623%20h%20jud%20am.%20_1%202-29%20as%20amended%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb623 sfa takubo _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb623%20sfa%20takubo%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb623 sfat takubo _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb623%20sfat%20takubo%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — **923** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **932** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **331** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **952** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tarr — primary (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-13** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 148) `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 466) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-06** House Message received
- **2024-03-06** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 378)
- **2024-03-06** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 378)
- **2024-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 635)
- **2024-03-08** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 636)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 122, 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/d9dee758-4fff-4a48-a0cc-01359f94e079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).