---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing DOH acquire real or personal property for utility accommodation"
description: "Allowing DOH acquire real or personal property for utility accommodation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "West Virginia SB 445 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boso"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f728c3b-b9a0-463c-bdd2-7f00c334b752"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=445&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e2302abb743e5940387efffc478bf419710a8448d30e17bca7e40e06fa9b0c1e"
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 445 (2018) — Allowing DOH acquire real or personal property for utility accommodation

## 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=SB445%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=445)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB445%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=445)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB445%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=445)
4. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB445%20ORG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=445)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **89–8** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Boso — primary (person)
- Beach — cosponsor (person)
- Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Originating in Senate Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2018-01-31** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Unanimous consent to refer bill
- **2018-01-31** Referred to Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Committee substitute reported
- **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** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 237) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2018-03-09** Amended on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 462) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** House further considered bill
- **2018-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 479)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 223, 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/1f728c3b-b9a0-463c-bdd2-7f00c334b752`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).