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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating generally to racetrack video lottery and the Licensed Racetrack Modernization Fund"
+description: "Relating generally to racetrack video lottery and the Licensed Racetrack Modernization Fund"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 3450"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 3450 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Legal Gaming"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-14"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/667a167c-b887-426e-abcf-880b3074d006"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3450&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "10b0540ab116c0e97d1448d9638f9f617f3382af0bc27470cfecb51377704bb9"
+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 HB 3450 (2023) — Relating generally to racetrack video lottery and the Licensed Racetrack Modernization Fund
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3450%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3450)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3450%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3450)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3450%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3450)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3450%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3450)
+5. **hb3450 hfa mcgeehan and criss 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3450 hfa mcgeehan and criss 2-24 _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **hb3450 hfat criss 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3450 hfat criss 2-25 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **21–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Espinosa — primary (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Criss — cosponsor (person)
+- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Householder — cosponsor (person)
+- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
+- Storch — cosponsor (person)
+- Willis — cosponsor (person)
+- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-14** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-20** By substitute, do pass
+- **2023-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-21** Placed on House Calendar
+- **2023-02-23** On 1st reading, House Calendar
+- **2023-02-23** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-24** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-02-24** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 274) `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-25** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 392) `passage`
+- **2023-03-06** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-06** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-06** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** To Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 161, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/667a167c-b887-426e-abcf-880b3074d006`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+