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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating generally to coal mining activities"
+description: "Relating generally to coal mining activities"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 635"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 635 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-15"
+last_action: "2019-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fecdacfe-1d5f-47ff-9fe2-94558bc08b40"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=635&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "ed4250095f59162b991df4c38f8d2bb3f7d9140765a7646345a23030f88f7d72"
+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 635 (2019) — Relating generally to coal mining activities
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB635%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=635)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB635%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=635)
+3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB635%20ORG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=635)
+4. **SB635 SFA _2 SMITH, 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB635 SFA _2 SMITH, 3-8 adopted.htm)
+5. **SB635 SFAT _1 SMITH 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB635 SFAT _1 SMITH 3-8 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-15** Originating in Senate Energy, Industry and Mining
+- **2019-02-15** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-18** On 1st reading
+- **2019-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** On 2nd reading
+- **2019-02-19** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/19/19
+- **2019-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-21** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2019-02-21** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2019-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 188) `passage`
+- **2019-02-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 188)
+- **2019-02-21** Ordered to House
+- **2019-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2019-02-21** To Energy
+- **2019-02-21** To House Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-28** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2019-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 428) `passage`
+- **2019-03-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2019-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 429)
+- **2019-03-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2019-03-08** House Message received
+- **2019-03-08** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 428)
+- **2019-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 428)
+- **2019-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
+- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 696)
+- **2019-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2019-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 697)
+- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2019-03-09** House Message received
+- **2019-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 544)
+- **2019-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 544)
+- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
+- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - House Journal
+- **2019-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - Senate Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Chapter 170, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fecdacfe-1d5f-47ff-9fe2-94558bc08b40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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