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type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads"
description: "Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 712"
citation: "West Virginia SB 712 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/717a779c-5a1d-4df4-b847-3c91bdead6ed"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=712&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7ed1ca3ca397e319246ced894093e88d914c447a27fbde0a08b5a818b248aa7e"
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 712 (2026) — Allowing installation of cattle guards on certain public roads
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb712%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=712)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb712%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=712)
3. **sb712 hepw am. _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb712%20hepw%20am.%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)
4. **sb712 hfat anderson 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb712%20hfat%20anderson%203-9%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Morris — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 104) `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-18** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** To Energy and Public Works
- **2026-02-18** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-06** Amendments pending
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 368) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-10** House Message received
- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 385)
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-24** Chapter 4, 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/717a779c-5a1d-4df4-b847-3c91bdead6ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).