---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods"
description: "Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 2464"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2464 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fda54341-0cdf-41f3-bbdd-f1198e516af6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2464&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a5308681f6fd05261f64db2b3d825c62f9cdf7a4ab6b7a00d1626ceba3af9435"
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 2464 (2018) — Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods

## 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=HB2464%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2464)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2464%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2464)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2464%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2464)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2464%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2464)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **91–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Postponed on 1st reading, Special Calendar, until 2/15/18
- **2018-02-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 150) `passage`
- **2018-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-20** House Message received
- **2018-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 355) `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 433)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-16** To Governor 3/16/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/16/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/16/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 44, 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/fda54341-0cdf-41f3-bbdd-f1198e516af6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).