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type: "Bill"
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title: "Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects"
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description: "Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works projects"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 544"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 544 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Municipalities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-25"
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last_action: "2024-04-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/728a3e6e-f8f7-4277-99b1-44fb04e2145c"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=544&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "dbccc08132ccc7d28d37cb4eb26cd2f97f7b662a0379707edc7e830f347030f5"
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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 544 (2024) — Raising threshold for bid requirement of municipal public works 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. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb544%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=544)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb544%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=544)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb544%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=544)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb544%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=544)
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5. **sb544 hfat criss 2-20 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb544%20hfat%20criss%202-20%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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6. **sb544 sfa jeffries _1 2-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb544%20sfa%20jeffries%20_1%202-13%20adopted.htm)
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7. **sb544 sfat jeffries _1 2-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb544%20sfat%20jeffries%20_1%202-13%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **94–4** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeffries — primary (person)
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- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
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- Grady — cosponsor (person)
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- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
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- Queen — cosponsor (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Swope — cosponsor (person)
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- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
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- Weld — cosponsor (person)
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- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-25** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-01-25** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute reported
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- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading
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- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading
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- **2024-02-12** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/12/2024
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- **2024-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-02-14** On 3rd reading
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- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 136) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Title amendment adopted
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- **2024-02-14** Ordered to House
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- **2024-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-02-16** Immediate consideration
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- **2024-02-16** Reference dispensed
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- **2024-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2024-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 231) `passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-02-20** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-02-27** House Message received
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- **2024-02-27** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 277)
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- **2024-02-27** Communicated to House
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- **2024-02-27** Completed legislative action
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- **2024-02-29** House received Senate message
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- **2024-03-01** To Governor 3/1/2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** To Governor 3/1/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/2024 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor 3/7/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-23** Chapter 66, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `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/728a3e6e-f8f7-4277-99b1-44fb04e2145c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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