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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting prescribed fire control on private property without burning permit"
description: "Permitting prescribed fire control on private property without burning permit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 886"
citation: "West Virginia SB 886 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41006919-e722-46d5-9ccc-4fcb55c4fcda"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=886&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "34774ac739563dedd731c8f7bc30e2151b34c88d83216be8663bf24626e245b4"
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 886 (2026) — Permitting prescribed fire control on private property without burning permit
## 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=sb886%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=886)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb886%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=886)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb886%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=886)
4. **sb886 h gov am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb886%20h%20gov%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-09** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-09** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 199) `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-23** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-13** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-13** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 588) `passage`
- **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. 634)
- **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`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 197, 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/41006919-e722-46d5-9ccc-4fcb55c4fcda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).