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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks"
+description: "Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 627"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 627 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-28"
+last_action: "2025-08-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e08b65-7626-4dfc-845d-eb2205c2e83b"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=627&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "6538819b0fe5355684aa12557541862715412967e77b4fd1a33cbb96393feb4f"
+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 627 (2025) — Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb627%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=627)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb627%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=627)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb627%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=627)
+4. **sb627 h epw am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb627%20h%20epw%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+5. **sb627 hfa vance 4-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb627%20hfa%20vance%204-3%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+6. **sb627 hfat anderson 4-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb627%20hfat%20anderson%204-4%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–24** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **29–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffries — primary (person)
+- Clements — cosponsor (person)
+- Helton — cosponsor (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-28** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-02-28** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-05** Committee substitute reported
+- **2025-03-06** On 1st reading
+- **2025-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-07** On 2nd reading
+- **2025-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-10** On 3rd reading
+- **2025-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 88) `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Ordered to House
+- **2025-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2025-03-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-03-11** To Energy and Public Works
+- **2025-03-11** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2025-04-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2025-04-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-04** Passed House (Roll No. 392) `passage`
+- **2025-04-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-04-09** House Message received
+- **2025-04-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 421)
+- **2025-04-09** Communicated to House
+- **2025-04-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2025-04-14** To Governor 4/14/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-08-08** Chapter 155, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e08b65-7626-4dfc-845d-eb2205c2e83b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+