---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to ventilation of underground mines"
description: "Relating to ventilation of underground mines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1042"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1042 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-21"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e87592ae-cda9-4e73-9c69-89687e9b37d6"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1042&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b26e1e3dd62cf184913c955c2c677253f264019170601688805465a3fbf8cdb3"
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 1042 (2026) — Relating to ventilation of underground mines

## 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=sb1042%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1042)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1042%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1042)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1042%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1042)
4. **sb1042 hfat anderson 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb1042%20hfat%20anderson%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-21** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2026-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-21** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2026-02-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 265) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 266)
- **2026-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-02** To Energy and Public Works
- **2026-03-02** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-06** Do pass
- **2026-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 397) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 398)
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-11** House Message received
- **2026-03-11** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 474) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 475)
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 231, 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/e87592ae-cda9-4e73-9c69-89687e9b37d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).