---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks"
description: "Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 627"
citation: "West Virginia SB 627 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e08b65-7626-4dfc-845d-eb2205c2e83b"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=627&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6538819b0fe5355684aa12557541862715412967e77b4fd1a33cbb96393feb4f"
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 627 (2025) — Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks

## 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=sb627%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=627)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb627%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=627)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb627%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=627)
4. **sb627 h epw am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb627%20h%20epw%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb627 hfa vance 4-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb627%20hfa%20vance%204-3%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb627 hfat anderson 4-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb627%20hfat%20anderson%204-4%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–24** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Helton — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-28** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-28** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 88) `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** To Energy and Public Works
- **2025-03-11** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Passed House (Roll No. 392) `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-09** House Message received
- **2025-04-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 421)
- **2025-04-09** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-09** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-14** To Governor 4/14/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 155, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e08b65-7626-4dfc-845d-eb2205c2e83b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).