---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to operation of motorboats"
description: "Relating to operation of motorboats"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 347"
citation: "West Virginia SB 347 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11d5f5cb-00f0-48a6-8175-1bd2a176c214"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=347&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "93911cc0d4499ef259c95e7203dc866fbca3d0be4dc41f216f7a25c393b90641"
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 347 (2018) — Relating to operation of motorboats

## 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=SB347%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=347)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB347%20SUB2.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=347)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB347%20SUB2%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=347)
4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB347%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=347)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB347%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=347)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-23** To Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-23** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2018-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-15** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 123) `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** Do pass
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 367) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 392)
- **2018-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-20** To Governor 3/20/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 165, 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/11d5f5cb-00f0-48a6-8175-1bd2a176c214`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).