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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing for a uniform and efficient system of broadband conduit installation"
+description: "Providing for a uniform and efficient system of broadband conduit installation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 4447"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4447 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Economic Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-02-07"
+last_action: "2018-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14b7a59f-d121-4e65-8bfe-a124d76afcee"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4447&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "2de8a58f71b71fbe39dc9220561adc466d7bead4269241d928b74d77c07cfae7"
+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 HB 4447 (2018) — Providing for a uniform and efficient system of broadband conduit installation
+
+## 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=HB4447%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4447)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4447%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4447)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4447%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4447)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shott — primary (person)
+- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
+- Capito — cosponsor (person)
+- Fast — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Harshbarger — cosponsor (person)
+- Hollen — cosponsor (person)
+- Lane — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller, C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Summers — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2018-02-07** To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2018-02-07** To House Roads and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-14** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-23** By substitute, do pass
+- **2018-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 253) `passage`
+- **2018-02-28** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-01** House Message received
+- **2018-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-03-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
+- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-08** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
+- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 446) `passage`
+- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
+- **2018-03-10** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
+- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-10** House Message received
+- **2018-03-10** Senate refused to recede; requested conference (Voice vote)
+- **2018-03-10** Senate appoints conference committee: Boso, Sypolt, Plymale
+- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
+- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
+- **2018-03-10** House agreed to conference
+- **2018-03-10** House appointed conferees: Shott, Hanshaw, Byrd
+- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-10** To conference
+- **2018-03-10** House Message received
+- **2018-03-10** Conference report filed - House
+- **2018-03-10** Conference report filed - Senate
+- **2018-03-10** Conference report received-House
+- **2018-03-10** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 553)
+- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-10** House Message received
+- **2018-03-10** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 525)
+- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
+- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
+- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
+- **2018-04-17** Chapter 226, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14b7a59f-d121-4e65-8bfe-a124d76afcee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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