---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implementing federal Affordable Clean Energy rule"
description: "Implementing federal Affordable Clean Energy rule"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 810"
citation: "West Virginia SB 810 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2d52351-1a15-4a89-acf8-30b0edca6d4e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=810&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "435771e6658096fbf42b463974c7e8f8e259a27022ee2b564626d5f27854198e"
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 810 (2020) — Implementing federal Affordable Clean Energy rule

## 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=SB810%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=810)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB810%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=810)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB810%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=810)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **89–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-17** To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary
- **2020-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-17** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2020-02-21** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 325) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-29** Do pass
- **2020-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 520) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-05** House Message received
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - 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 132, 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/a2d52351-1a15-4a89-acf8-30b0edca6d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).