---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying oil and gas permits not be on flat well royalty leases"
description: "Clarifying oil and gas permits not be on flat well royalty leases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 360"
citation: "West Virginia SB 360 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d6a825c-b564-4b4c-8a4c-10a611d503bc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=360&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8facdb817489640a414c1d48794f29cd719bea9a4dfd4246ea69f574c13efd26"
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 360 (2018) — Clarifying oil and gas permits not be on flat well royalty leases

## 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=SB360%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=360)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB360%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=360)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB360%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=360)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **96–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-24** To Energy, Industry and Mining then Judiciary
- **2018-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** To Energy, Industry and Mining
- **2018-02-07** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2018-02-07** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 229) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2018-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 283) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-03** House Message received
- **2018-03-03** To Governor 3/3/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-05** To Governor 3/3/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 86, 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/2d6a825c-b564-4b4c-8a4c-10a611d503bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).