---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disbursement of funds for highway road repair"
description: "Relating to disbursement of funds for highway road repair"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 727"
citation: "West Virginia SB 727 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ec1a691-d11d-4ee7-b22b-2a13a458cad3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=727&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4db2e6ad57d591d3712e5587dc36090a83270732d05e3e31296f90fa467ee489"
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 727 (2020) — Relating to disbursement of funds for highway road repair

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 375)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00375.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB727%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=727)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB727%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=727)
4. **SB727 HFA FLUHARTY 2-25 reformed adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB727 HFA FLUHARTY 2-25 reformed adopted.htm)
5. **SB727 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB727 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **75–23** (pass) · lower
- HFA FLUHARTY REFORMED — **63–35** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–5** (pass) · lower
- RECEDE — **55–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (person)
- Hardesty — cosponsor (person)
- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-07** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2020-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-07** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2020-02-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 235) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-25** Reference dispensed
- **2020-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Placed at foot of bills
- **2020-02-26** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 375)
- **2020-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 384) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-02** House Message received
- **2020-03-02** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
- **2020-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-05** House receded (Roll No. 616)
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 617) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 131, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ec1a691-d11d-4ee7-b22b-2a13a458cad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).