---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Neighborhood Access Road Program"
description: "Creating Neighborhood Access Road Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 982"
citation: "West Virginia SB 982 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48da4c2f-de3b-4875-bf53-fb0afa042251"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=982&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1a615c0e8442ddfc08e1437e4a1c5e7bdd6802458771fe18e68ab1e5d8ec5208"
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 982 (2026) — Creating Neighborhood Access Road Program

## 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=sb982%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=982)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb982%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=982)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb982%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=982)
4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb982%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=982)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb982 intr.pdf)
6. **sb982 hfa anderson 3-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb982%20hfa%20anderson%203-13%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb982 hfa criss and anderson 3-11 _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb982%20hfa%20criss%20and%20anderson%203-11%20_1%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb982 hfa criss and anderson 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb982%20hfa%20criss%20and%20anderson%203-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
9. **sb982 sfat barrett _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb982%20sfat%20barrett%20%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morris — primary (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-18** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
- **2026-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2026-02-23** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 347) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-04** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Energy and Public Works then Finance
- **2026-03-05** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2026-03-11** 2nd reference dispensed
- **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** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** Reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-14** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Amended on 3rd reading
- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 614) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 675)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 271, 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/48da4c2f-de3b-4875-bf53-fb0afa042251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).