---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Dealer Recovery Program"
description: "Relating to the Dealer Recovery Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 2008"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2008 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gearheart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ee70116-e71e-4862-a065-910a6cf4efe4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2008&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "52a82042840abe9b281fe1996792cbda1b3c625ffd8ab9bf556b86dfd694d9a3"
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 2008 (2018) — Relating to the Dealer Recovery Program

## 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=HB2008%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2008%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2008%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2008)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gearheart — primary (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Roads and Transportation then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Roads and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 241) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-01** House Message received
- **2018-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 416) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 155, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ee70116-e71e-4862-a065-910a6cf4efe4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).