---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority to contract to build and maintain trails on privately owned property"
description: "Authorizing the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority to contract to build and maintain trails on privately owned property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3328"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3328 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43903eda-9279-4e45-97e5-2f2247932dba"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3328&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "52458d97010a677625d0f46db7fc9a9976c220a04e79f93f8aeb3c9768ccfd98"
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 3328 (2023) — Authorizing the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority to contract to build and maintain trails on privately owned property

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3328%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3328)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3328%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3328)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-07** To Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Do pass
- **2023-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 181) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** To Outdoor Recreation
- **2023-02-17** To Outdoor Recreation
- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 437) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 224, 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/43903eda-9279-4e45-97e5-2f2247932dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).