---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing DOH Commissioner to accept ownership of rented and leased equipment"
description: "Allowing DOH Commissioner to accept ownership of rented and leased equipment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 609"
citation: "West Virginia SB 609 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02d16892-5ca4-4086-86d9-96e31cbfa64b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=609&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8e64c31ea0e49c7c6a65a292a8a5e67c0826349e803891f411f2daf31557f5d7"
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 609 (2022) — Allowing DOH Commissioner to accept ownership of rented and leased equipment

## 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=SB609%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=609)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB609%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=609)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB609%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=609)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-10** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
- **2022-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-10** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2022-02-16** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2022-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2022-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** On 2nd reading
- **2022-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-21** On 3rd reading
- **2022-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 176) `passage`
- **2022-02-21** Ordered to House
- **2022-02-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** 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** Placed on House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on Special Calender
- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 586)
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 587) `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 259, 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/02d16892-5ca4-4086-86d9-96e31cbfa64b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).