---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to providing a limitation on the eminent domain authority of a municipal park board"
description: "Relating to providing a limitation on the eminent domain authority of a municipal park board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4627"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4627 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-23"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29d5b20e-1312-4083-b1d2-923d738c1d8e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4627&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0b1bf5045b5fc39f1dc0bb3cd69b0bfc1d97c693d60d7fc0431576d041d5c3b1"
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 4627 (2018) — Relating to providing a limitation on the eminent domain authority of a municipal park board

## 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=HB4627%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4627)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4627%20ORG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4627)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-23** Originating in House Judiciary
- **2018-02-23** Do pass
- **2018-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 262) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-01** House Message received
- **2018-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 413) `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 560)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Chapter 162, 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/29d5b20e-1312-4083-b1d2-923d738c1d8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).