The West Virginia Senate postponed voting on SB 576, the Cotenancy Mineral Development Act.  It was previously SB 244, but underwent some significant changes and was given a new number.

This is great news!  After the rally at the capitol last week it seemed like the oil and gas industry was pulling out the stops to get this bill passed.

Thankfully, there are some good people at the capitol who are working hard to keep it from passing.  Their work is paying off.

Also notable in the linked article is the fact that the Farm Bureau came out in opposition to the bill.  They had previously expressed some support for it.

2017-03-30 UPDATE: The bill passed the senate yesterday evening.  Time to call the House.