---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to conservation districts law of WV"
description: "Relating to conservation districts law of WV"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 264"
citation: "West Virginia SB 264 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a529f6-3658-4571-96dc-108cf23721bf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=264&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "93d176fdea4a3453412e2c45b18aad26eee63a1b142e424ee2b051d264ed265e"
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 264 (2022) — Relating to conservation districts law of WV

## 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=SB264%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=264)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB264%20SUB2.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=264)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB264%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=264)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB264%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=264)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-13** To Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization
- **2022-01-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2022-02-03** On 1st reading
- **2022-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** On 2nd reading
- **2022-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** On 3rd reading
- **2022-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 81) `passage`
- **2022-02-08** Ordered to House
- **2022-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-09** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2022-03-02** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Do pass
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on Special Calender
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 556) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-20** Chapter 6, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a529f6-3658-4571-96dc-108cf23721bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).