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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing design-build program for DEP"
description: "Establishing design-build program for DEP"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "West Virginia SB 439 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db976d4f-29e2-41d1-b072-7a6854b36bf3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=439&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dc40a2334a896684e6a659147bbe6793e2f389f92ad0170df115dd48935ad440"
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 439 (2023) — Establishing design-build program for DEP
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb439%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=439)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb439%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=439)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb439%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=439)
## Votes
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Smith — primary (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-23** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2023-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-01-26** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 99) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** To Energy and Manufacturing then Technology and Infrastructure
- **2023-01-31** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Do pass, but first to Technology and Infrastructure
- **2023-02-15** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Do pass
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2023-03-02** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 489) `passage`
- **2023-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 490)
- **2023-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-07** House Message received
- **2023-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 399)
- **2023-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 399)
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 162, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db976d4f-29e2-41d1-b072-7a6854b36bf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).