---
type: "Bill"
title: "Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act"
description: "Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4268"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4268 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 56
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f00934f6-5b45-4cdc-ad5d-b1fc069d5fc5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4268&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ebd88b1e5e22edece3fd57970afcb6ff3de33651dd7d918a2c0108e4385aeb81"
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 4268 (2018) — Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act

## 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=HB4268%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4268)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4268%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4268)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4268%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4268)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4268%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4268)

## Votes

- HFA JENNINGS #1 2-14 — **90–5** (pass) · legislature
- HFA ROBINSON 2-14 #2 — **38–57** (fail) · legislature
- HFA FLEISCHAUER ET AL 2-14 — **40–57** (fail) · legislature
- HFA FOLK 2-14 — **90–6** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **60–40** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **23–11** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **58–41** (pass) · legislature
- HFA ISNER 2-14 — **50–47** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Hollen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Lane — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-24** To Energy then Judiciary
- **2018-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** To House Energy `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-14** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 104) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-14** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 105)
- **2018-02-14** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 106)
- **2018-02-14** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-14** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 107)
- **2018-02-14** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 108) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 117) `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-16** House Message received
- **2018-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** To Energy, Industry and Mining then Judiciary
- **2018-02-16** To Energy, Industry and Mining
- **2018-02-21** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Ojeda Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-02** Romano Floor amendment #1 withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2018-03-02** Romano Floor amendment #3 rejected (Roll No. 297)
- **2018-03-02** Romano Floor amendments #2 rejected (Roll No. 298)
- **2018-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 313) `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Judiciary Title amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-03** Floor Title amendment adopted
- **2018-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2018-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 302) `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-06** House Message received
- **2018-03-06** To Governor 3/6/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-06** To Governor 3/6/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-06** To Governor 3/6/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 149, 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/f00934f6-5b45-4cdc-ad5d-b1fc069d5fc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).