---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to industrial access roads"
description: "Relating to industrial access roads"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4007"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4007 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCormick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cc85b62-f122-4bb5-aa66-d103441d6b64"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4007&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "05719405a9728b8163ea5501ae1db73837b31dc689e2ead937bb9c093c9224a5"
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 4007 (2026) — Relating to industrial access roads

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4007%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4007)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4007%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4007)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4007%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4007)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4007%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4007)
5. **hb4007 s ecd am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4007%20s%20ecd%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4007 s ecd amt _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4007%20s%20ecd%20amt%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **90–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCormick — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Roop — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
- Watt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-01-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-23** Passed House (Roll No. 10) `passage`
- **2026-01-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-01-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-27** To Economic Development then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, as amended by Economic Development `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Economic Development com. amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 522) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 523)
- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 668)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 669)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 272, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cc85b62-f122-4bb5-aa66-d103441d6b64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).