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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating contested elections procedures"
description: "Updating contested elections procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 166"
citation: "West Virginia SB 166 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fc83b3e-9436-4cd2-a998-c339dcc16e76"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=166&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "55c7dd44e6981b9108e75a3d706223e7bec2a4453250d68319d99bb3ceacf186"
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 166 (2024) — Updating contested elections procedures
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb166%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=166)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb166%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=166)
## Votes
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — **990** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chapman — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-01-10** Immediate consideration
- **2024-01-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-12** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 23) `passage`
- **2024-01-12** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Do pass
- **2024-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 540) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 541)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-08** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2024-03-08** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 464)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - 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 120, 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/3fc83b3e-9436-4cd2-a998-c339dcc16e76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).