Eliminating number of royalty owners required for utilization by operator for lawful use and development by co-tenants
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Feb 16, 2022
Signed Mar 30, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2022
How they voted
22–4
Passed
Total votes 26
Feb 23, 2022
D
Democratic9
55% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 30, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 3/30/2022
upper
Mar 12, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
lower
Mar 12, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
upper
Mar 5, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 376)
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Do pass
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Committee
To House Energy and Manufacturing
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 215)
upper
Feb 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute reported
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Eric Nelson
RRepublican
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