---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands"
description: "Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2696"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2696 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5bf7d06-486a-4d68-9859-fcf4214ffe5d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2696&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6f28e85a04deeb853d01918cac46074adf4a22a932390997deec443da491a45a"
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 2696 (2020) — Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands

## 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=HB2696%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2696)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2696%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2696)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2696%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2696)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **90–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
- Cadle — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-01-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-17** Passed House (Roll No. 11) `passage`
- **2020-01-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 44) `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Communicated to House
- **2020-01-29** Completed legislative action
- **2020-01-30** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-03** To Governor 2/3/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-04** To Governor 2/3/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-03** To Governor 2/3/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-10** Approved by Governor 2/7/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-02-10** Approved by Governor 2/7/20 - House Journal
- **2020-02-07** Approved by Governor 2/7/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 162, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5bf7d06-486a-4d68-9859-fcf4214ffe5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).