---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring DEP create and implement Adopt-A-Stream Program"
description: "Requiring DEP create and implement Adopt-A-Stream Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 675"
citation: "West Virginia SB 675 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04e058af-5be7-4f08-adfe-bd33467d8c54"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=675&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "75a3af82c08561796543bd2af2c687093ad97fee72af8181f2fc189814aa5184"
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 675 (2019) — Requiring DEP create and implement Adopt-A-Stream Program

## 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=sb675%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=675)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb675%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=675)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb675%20org.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=675)
4. **SB675 SFA Maynard _1 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB675 SFA Maynard _1 2-26 adopted.htm)
5. **SB675 SFA _2 Maynard and Stollings 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB675 SFA _2 Maynard and Stollings 2-27 adopted.htm)
6. **Second Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb675%20ENG2.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=675)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Beach — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hardesty — cosponsor (person)
- Mann — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Originating in Senate Natural Resources
- **2019-02-25** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-27** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2019-02-27** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 287) `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 287)
- **2019-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-02** Do pass
- **2019-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 493) `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 494)
- **2019-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-07** House Message received
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - 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 106, 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/04e058af-5be7-4f08-adfe-bd33467d8c54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).