SB 731 West Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Terminating Design Build Board

SB 731 terminates the Design-Build Board, which previously reviewed and approved public projects for the design-build delivery method. The bill removes the requirement for the Board's determination, shifting that responsibility to state agencies that oversee public construction projects. Agencies must now independently determine if a project qualifies for design-build while still following existing rules for solicitation, award, and public interest evaluations. This change eliminates an administrative step but preserves the design-build method for state building projects like schools or government facilities.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 11, 2025 Last action Mar 21, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Committee Substitute · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to keep the Design-Build Board active rather than terminate it, while adding oversight authority for the Secretary of Administration and making technical adjustments to allow continued use of the design-build procurement method. The committee substitute changes the original intent of repealing the entire Design-Build Board and instead maintains the board's structure with specific member composition and meeting requirements.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from completely repealing the Design-Build Board to amending and retaining the board while adding oversight responsibilities to the Secretary of Administration.

TIMELINE

The original bill intended to repeal the Design-Build Board entirely, but the committee substitute keeps the board active and terminated as of July 1, 2025.

ENFORCEMENT

New provision vests the Secretary of Administration with authority and oversight responsibility to ensure agencies comply with design-build procurement provisions.

REQUIREMENT

The bill was changed from repealing all sections of the Design-Build Procurement Act to amending and reenacting specific sections while repealing only one section.

Section 5-22A-4 was modified to specify the nine-member composition of the Design-Build Board and their appointment process.

DEFINITION

Added new section 5-22A-9a regarding invitation for qualifications and selection of design-builders with detailed evaluation criteria.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 20, 2025

How they voted

33–0

Passed

Total votes 33

Mar 20, 2025

D Democratic2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican31

31 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

To House Government Organization

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

To Government Organization

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (Roll No. 140)

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee substitute reported

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

To Government Organization

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors