---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating two-year pilot program allowing all-terrain or recreational vehicles in Cabwaylingo State Forest"
description: "Creating two-year pilot program allowing all-terrain or recreational vehicles in Cabwaylingo State Forest"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 498"
citation: "West Virginia SB 498 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c550c4ec-904e-40ab-bebd-0b6101b76ea6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=498&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ae0dcf0c8d4285d65499e22f3b4777642309c0e6a6023be6402c309d1cc1383e"
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 498 (2018) — Creating two-year pilot program allowing all-terrain or recreational vehicles in Cabwaylingo State Forest

## 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=SB498%20enr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=498)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB498%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=498)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–3** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **96–2** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **93–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-07** To Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Reported do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Senate reconsidered bill
- **2018-02-13** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2018-02-14** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 140) `passage`
- **2018-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Do pass
- **2018-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 408) `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 483)
- **2018-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2018-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 527) `passage`
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **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 169, 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/c550c4ec-904e-40ab-bebd-0b6101b76ea6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).