---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to sediment control during commercial timber harvesting operations"
description: "Relating generally to sediment control during commercial timber harvesting operations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 404"
citation: "West Virginia SB 404 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0d53889-9767-4043-9c0c-c72b2809e8f1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=404&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0c2bedf08f5d66f9fbcbcbe97e0c01e477d70de124fa030935beb40ea265f94e"
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 404 (2019) — Relating generally to sediment control during commercial timber harvesting operations

## 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=SB404%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=404)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB404%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=404)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB404%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=404)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-23** To Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization
- **2019-02-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 198) `passage`
- **2019-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Do pass
- **2019-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 525) `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-08** House Message received
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 8, 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/a0d53889-9767-4043-9c0c-c72b2809e8f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).