---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strategic and Critical Resources Act"
description: "Strategic and Critical Resources Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 648"
citation: "West Virginia SB 648 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47dd1b38-ffaf-4829-ab52-efd0ee8db853"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=648&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "852cf112e108fa809515ffdf5a175e2b7fb6a83f187423fe041be0f8eec6f3cb"
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 648 (2026) — Strategic and Critical Resources Act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb648%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=648)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb648%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=648)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb648%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=648)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb648%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=648)
5. **sb648 h epw am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb648%20h%20epw%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb648 hfat anderson 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb648%20hfat%20anderson%203-12%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb648 sfa willis _1 2-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb648%20sfa%20willis%20_1%202-17%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb648 sfat willis 2-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb648%20sfat%20willis%202-17%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **88–7** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **90–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morris — primary (person)
- Charnock — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Helton — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
- Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 116) `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-02-18** Effective from passage (Roll No. 117)
- **2026-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-19** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** To Energy and Public Works
- **2026-02-20** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 545) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 546)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 680)
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 681)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 143, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47dd1b38-ffaf-4829-ab52-efd0ee8db853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).