HB 2835 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to creating the West Virginia Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse

HB 2835 creates the West Virginia Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse, a statewide map-based data hub managed by the West Virginia GIS Technical Center. This hub will centralize geospatial information to help state agencies, local governments, and businesses plan infrastructure projects like broadband networks more efficiently, reducing duplication and speeding up installations. The bill requires agencies to follow standardized protocols for sharing location data while protecting confidential information, and establishes a special fund for operations. It directly affects state and local government entities involved in infrastructure planning and project permitting.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Last action Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute → Engrossed Committee Substitute · 3 edits · Mar 21, 2025

MINOR

The bill was formally updated from a 'Committee Substitute' version to an 'Engrossed' version, indicating it has passed the committee stage and is ready for further legislative action. The substantive text of the bill, which creates the West Virginia Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse, remained largely unchanged, with only minor grammatical corrections to the funding section and formatting adjustments to the header.

Scope change

No change in scope; the bill continues to establish the Infrastructure Clearinghouse and its operational guidelines.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a grammatical error in the funding section by changing 'may in lieu of' to 'may, in lieu of' and adjusting punctuation for clarity.

Updated the document title and version labels to reflect the bill's progression from a Committee Substitute to an Engrossed version.

Removed the explanatory 'FISCAL NOTE' section and the 'NOTE' regarding strike-throughs, as these are procedural markers rather than part of the enacted law.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 21, 2025

How they voted

95–0

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 100

Mar 21, 2025

D Democratic9

8 Yea 1

88% Yea

R Republican91

87 Yea 4

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

To Economic Development

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

To Economic Development then Finance

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (Roll No. 138)

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

By substitute, do pass

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Committee

To House Energy and Public Works

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors