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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying well work permits issued by DEP Office of Oil and Gas"
+description: "Modifying well work permits issued by DEP Office of Oil and Gas"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 404"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 404 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy", "Natural Resources"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-23"
+last_action: "2021-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50c3b4af-b8d4-4c24-a2e9-d2d26ec122b6"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=404&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "917409bbc615dfdc009d724999dce3de82fdea13a3b33f25aa738e47de46796b"
+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 404 (2021) — Modifying well work permits issued by DEP Office of Oil and Gas
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB404%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=404)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB404%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=404)
+3. **SB404 HFAT ANDERSON adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB404 HFAT ANDERSON adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
+- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-02-23** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
+- **2021-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-02-23** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
+- **2021-03-03** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-04** On 1st reading
+- **2021-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-05** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-08** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 90) `passage`
+- **2021-03-08** Ordered to House
+- **2021-03-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-03-09** To Energy and Manufacturing
+- **2021-03-09** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** Do pass
+- **2021-03-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-17** Passed House (Roll No. 174) `passage`
+- **2021-03-17** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-03-17** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-03-18** House Message received
+- **2021-03-18** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
+- **2021-03-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 146) `passage`
+- **2021-03-18** Communicated to House
+- **2021-03-18** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-03-22** House received Senate message
+- **2021-03-22** To Governor 3/22/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-23** To Governor 3/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Chapter 113, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50c3b4af-b8d4-4c24-a2e9-d2d26ec122b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+