---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing criteria for Natural Resource Commission appointment and compensation"
description: "Providing criteria for Natural Resource Commission appointment and compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 514"
citation: "West Virginia SB 514 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62623090-9c9c-427b-9709-ad39a418cc3d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=514&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ccc21fbbb2371c72747374efc42d263dff7d82f55d8480866ebe57df104637a9"
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 514 (2021) — Providing criteria for Natural Resource Commission appointment and compensation

## 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=SB514%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=514)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB514%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=514)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB514%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=514)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-01** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-01** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-10** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 120) `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 120)
- **2021-03-12** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Do pass
- **2021-04-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-02** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 415) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-02** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 416) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** Passed House (Roll No. 433) `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Effective ninety days from passage
- **2021-04-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-05** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-06** House Message received
- **2021-04-08** To Governor 4/8/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** To Governor 4/8/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 139, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62623090-9c9c-427b-9709-ad39a418cc3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).