---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Division of Natural Resources Infrastructure"
description: "Relating to the Division of Natural Resources Infrastructure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 3140"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3140 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27337b80-5206-4cab-a0f7-2fc6233e4cf5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3140&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bf8361c8667cd364a60d1a53b39252984f32576ddebde99a4f28ab6a594f7d8c"
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 HB 3140 (2019) — Relating to the Division of Natural Resources Infrastructure

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3140%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3140)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3140%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3140)
3. **HB3140 SFA _1 PLYMALE 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB3140 SFA _1 PLYMALE 3-1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB3140 SFA _1 PLYMALE, STOLLINGS, WOELFEL _ HARDESTY 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB3140 SFA _1 PLYMALE, STOLLINGS, WOELFEL _ HARDESTY 3-1 adopted.htm)
5. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3140%20ORG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3140)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Originating in House Finance
- **2019-02-22** Do pass
- **2019-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 346) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 347)
- **2019-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-27** House Message received
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-27** Committee reference dispensed
- **2019-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-28** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/28/19
- **2019-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-01** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 317)
- **2019-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 318) `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 318)
- **2019-03-01** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-04** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 416)
- **2019-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 417)
- **2019-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-05** House Message received
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/7/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** To Governor 3/7/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** To Governor 3/7/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 183, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27337b80-5206-4cab-a0f7-2fc6233e4cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).