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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases"
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description: "Relating to termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 554"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 554 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-21"
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last_action: "2020-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57e2d3af-fde1-4ba7-8340-d8c9599638ab"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=554&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "fdc1e560ad36340d9742e6b103a54c1b138ad05bf27b5123816e3df39764369a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 554 (2020) — Relating to termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB554%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=554)
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2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB554%20SUB2.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=554)
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3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB554%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=554)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB554%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=554)
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5. **SB554 H ENG AM _1 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB554 H ENG AM _1 2-20 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **85–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Clements — cosponsor (person)
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- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
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- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Romano — cosponsor (person)
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- Trump — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2020-01-21** To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary
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- **2020-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-01-21** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
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- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
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- **2020-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
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- **2020-02-12** On 1st reading
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- **2020-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** On 2nd reading
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- **2020-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-14** On 3rd reading
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- **2020-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 144) `passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Ordered to House
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- **2020-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2020-02-17** To Energy then Judiciary
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- **2020-02-17** To House Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-21** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** 2nd reference dispensed
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- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-27** From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar
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- **2020-02-29** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
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- **2020-02-29** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-29** Passed House (Roll No. 424) `passage`
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- **2020-02-29** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-03-02** House Message received
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- **2020-03-02** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 368)
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- **2020-03-02** Communicated to House
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- **2020-03-02** Completed legislative action
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- **2020-03-02** House received Senate message
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- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
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- **2020-04-14** Chapter 140, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57e2d3af-fde1-4ba7-8340-d8c9599638ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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