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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads"
+description: "Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 712"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 712 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Roads and Transportation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/717a779c-5a1d-4df4-b847-3c91bdead6ed"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=712&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "7ed1ca3ca397e319246ced894093e88d914c447a27fbde0a08b5a818b248aa7e"
+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 712 (2026) — Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb712%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=712)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb712%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=712)
+3. **sb712 hepw am. _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb712%20hepw%20am.%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)
+4. **sb712 hfat anderson 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb712%20hfat%20anderson%203-9%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morris — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+- Hart — cosponsor (person)
+- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-02** To Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-02** To Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 104) `passage`
+- **2026-02-17** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-18** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-18** To Energy and Public Works
+- **2026-02-18** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-06** Amendments pending
+- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 368) `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-10** House Message received
+- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 385)
+- **2026-03-10** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-24** Chapter 4, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/717a779c-5a1d-4df4-b847-3c91bdead6ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+