republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/sb-942.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines	Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2025	SB 942	West Virginia SB 942 (2025)	bill	Energy Natural Resources	enacted	Rose	4	41	3	2025-03-29	2025-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4dd2e0ef-9a36-4e91-88f8-5ceaaebe9d7b	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=942&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	4fa34dbc28c592af12edd723dbdf37fcca8f6547c50dde92199117db59812d41	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 942 (2025) — Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Originating in Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. sb942 hepw am. _1 4-8 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
4. sb942 hfat anderson 4-10 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 30–4 (pass) · upper
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rose — primary (person)
• Azinger — cosponsor (person)
• Charnock — cosponsor (person)
• Fuller — cosponsor (person)
• Hart — cosponsor (person)
• Helton — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Queen — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-29 Originating in Senate Energy, Industry, and Mining
• 2025-03-29 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2025-03-31 On 1st reading
• 2025-03-31 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-04-01 On 2nd reading
• 2025-04-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Unanimous consent to reconsider action; moved to 3rd w/right to amend
• 2025-04-02 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2025-04-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-02 Passed Senate (Roll No. 294) passage
• 2025-04-02 Effective from passage (Roll No. 295)
• 2025-04-02 Ordered to House
• 2025-04-03 House received Senate message
• 2025-04-03 Introduced in House introduction
• 2025-04-03 To Energy and Public Works
• 2025-04-03 To House Energy and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2025-04-09 Immediate consideration
• 2025-04-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-04-10 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-04-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-10 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2025-04-10 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2025-04-11 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-04-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-11 Passed House (Roll No. 536) passage
• 2025-04-11 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2025-04-11 Effective from passage (Roll No. 537)
• 2025-04-11 Communicated to Senate
• 2025-04-12 House Message received
• 2025-04-12 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 561)
• 2025-04-12 Effective from passage (Roll No. 562)
• 2025-04-12 Communicated to House
• 2025-04-12 Completed legislative action
• 2025-04-21 To Governor 4/21/2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2025-04-25 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 executive-signature
• 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2025-08-08 Chapter 182, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dd2e0ef-9a36-4e91-88f8-5ceaaebe9d7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).