---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying powers and duties of DOH in acquiring property for state road purposes"
description: "Clarifying powers and duties of DOH in acquiring property for state road purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 734"
citation: "West Virginia SB 734 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3248fb84-dfad-4bc6-a010-b580dee0dec2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=734&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "723696b4c5320652408ca00db36700811d62abbac01dcbb8de481af199a1119f"
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 734 (2020) — Clarifying powers and duties of DOH in acquiring property for state road purposes

## 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=SB734%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=734)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB734%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=734)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (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. 237) `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`
- **2020-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 385) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-28** House Message received
- **2020-03-10** To Governor 3/10/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - Senate 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 313, 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/3248fb84-dfad-4bc6-a010-b580dee0dec2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).