---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to hunting and fishing"
description: "Relating generally to hunting and fishing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "West Virginia SB 451 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e7ea1f-fd9a-4462-8774-f4e3f2e0d178"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=451&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "105e9cd18db39dc74583b6fe7920093bb2e614848f6f02622d292851c9b1b0d1"
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 451 (2018) — Relating generally to hunting and fishing

## 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=SB451%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=451)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB451%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=451)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB451%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=451)

## Votes

- AMEND. ON 3RD — **90–6** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **87–8** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **92–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Ferns — cosponsor (person)
- Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-01** To Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 156) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-21** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Do pass
- **2018-02-27** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2018-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **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. 288) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-03** House reconsidered its action
- **2018-03-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-03** Motion to amend bill on 3rd reading adopted (Roll No. 294)
- **2018-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2018-03-03** Amended on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 295) `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-05** House Message received
- **2018-03-05** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 348)
- **2018-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 334)
- **2018-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-07** House Message received
- **2018-03-14** To Governor 3/14/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/14/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/14/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 168, 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/45e7ea1f-fd9a-4462-8774-f4e3f2e0d178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).