republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/hb-4447.md

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Bill	Providing for a uniform and efficient system of broadband conduit installation	Providing for a uniform and efficient system of broadband conduit installation	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	HB 4447	West Virginia HB 4447 (2018)	bill	Economic Development	enacted	Shott	3	58	3	2018-02-07	2018-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/14b7a59f-d121-4e65-8bfe-a124d76afcee	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4447&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	2de8a58f71b71fbe39dc9220561adc466d7bead4269241d928b74d77c07cfae7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4447 (2018) — Providing for a uniform and efficient system of broadband conduit installation

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Shott — primary (person)
• Byrd — cosponsor (person)
• Capito — cosponsor (person)
• Fast — cosponsor (person)
• Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Harshbarger — cosponsor (person)
• Hollen — cosponsor (person)
• Lane — cosponsor (person)
• Miller, C. — cosponsor (person)
• Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Summers — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-07 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-02-07 To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-07 To House Roads and Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary committee-passage
• 2018-02-14 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-23 By substitute, do pass
• 2018-02-26 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-26 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-27 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-28 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-28 Passed House (Roll No. 253) passage
• 2018-02-28 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-01 House Message received
• 2018-03-01 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-03-01 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2018-03-07 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2018-03-07 Immediate consideration
• 2018-03-07 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-08 On 2nd reading
• 2018-03-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-08 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2018-03-09 On 3rd reading
• 2018-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-09 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 446) passage
• 2018-03-09 Senate requests House to concur
• 2018-03-10 House received Senate message
• 2018-03-10 House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
• 2018-03-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-10 House Message received
• 2018-03-10 Senate refused to recede; requested conference (Voice vote)
• 2018-03-10 Senate appoints conference committee: Boso, Sypolt, Plymale
• 2018-03-10 Communicated to House
• 2018-03-10 House received Senate message
• 2018-03-10 House agreed to conference
• 2018-03-10 House appointed conferees: Shott, Hanshaw, Byrd
• 2018-03-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-10 To conference
• 2018-03-10 House Message received
• 2018-03-10 Conference report filed - House
• 2018-03-10 Conference report filed - Senate
• 2018-03-10 Conference report received-House
• 2018-03-10 House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 553)
• 2018-03-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-10 House Message received
• 2018-03-10 Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 525)
• 2018-03-10 Communicated to House
• 2018-03-10 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-21 To Governor 3/21/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-21 To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
• 2018-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-04-17 Chapter 226, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14b7a59f-d121-4e65-8bfe-a124d76afcee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).