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type: "Bill"
title: "Coal Co-tenancy Modernization and Miners Protection Act"
description: "Coal Co-tenancy Modernization and Miners Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 686"
citation: "West Virginia SB 686 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99b79877-6493-4e23-9b28-20aeeabd8a03"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=686&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8894e428346b4d313ed0932a8c115a057cda2ff2a0f0c95438ed209091045f71"
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 686 (2026) — Coal Co-tenancy Modernization and Miners Protection Act
## 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=sb686%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=686)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb686%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=686)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb686%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=686)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb686%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=686)
5. **sb686 h epw am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb686%20h%20epw%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb686 hfat anderson 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb686%20hfat%20anderson%203-12%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **858** (pass) · lower
- DISPENSE 2ND REFERENCE — **849** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rose — primary (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-30** To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary
- **2026-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2026-02-03** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2026-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 339) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Energy and Public Works then Judiciary
- **2026-03-05** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Motion to dispense the second reference to the Committee on the Judiciary (Roll No. 372)
- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 549) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 659)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 155, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99b79877-6493-4e23-9b28-20aeeabd8a03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).