---
type: "Bill"
title: "To create the Upper Ohio Valley Trail Network"
description: "To create the Upper Ohio Valley Trail Network"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3147"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3147 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Storch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0acae4b9-5552-4e0b-b488-af988809ebe1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3147&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "43cab92a14466cd279c0e8c7dfe22217c800e60552520dfb3ceed6527cf12a91"
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 3147 (2023) — To create the Upper Ohio Valley Trail Network

## 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=hb3147%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3147)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3147%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3147)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3147%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3147)
4. **hb3147 s jud am _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3147 s jud am _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3147 s jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3147 s jud amt adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Storch — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** To Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 186) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** To Outdoor Recreation then Judiciary
- **2023-02-21** To Outdoor Recreation
- **2023-03-01** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 520) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 725)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 223, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0acae4b9-5552-4e0b-b488-af988809ebe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).