---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction"
description: "Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "West Virginia SB 4 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da146dcd-6a3a-4035-b897-d4e7eb4be3fc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3eb39f9d5d9a6ee6015905240edd79d412a4e56c3b9f0b481c8e57eac35c67fb"
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 4 (2023) — Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction

## 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=sb4%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=4)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb4%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=4)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** To Outdoor Recreation then Finance
- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** To Outdoor Recreation
- **2023-01-20** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-01-23** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 66) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** To Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Do pass
- **2023-02-02** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 81) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-07** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-08** House Message received
- **2023-02-13** To Governor 2/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14** To Governor 2/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14** To Governor 2/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-17** Approved by Governor 2/17/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 216, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da146dcd-6a3a-4035-b897-d4e7eb4be3fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).