---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board"
description: "Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 2831"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2831 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gearheart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de21554f-d7a2-44f5-be06-9823e707f9c7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2831&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3b75dead6ba596a233519e7feb1c906d6a2868e17ff3726463eecedcae675f4b"
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 2831 (2018) — Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board

## 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=HB2831%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2831)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2831%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2831)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2831%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2831)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gearheart — primary (person)
- Frich — 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 Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Roads and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-01-29** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 32) `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-01** House Message received
- **2018-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 120) `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-02-20** House received Senate message
- **2018-02-20** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2018-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 158) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-20** Completed legislative action
- **2018-02-21** House Message received
- **2018-02-23** To Governor 2/23/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-23** To Governor 2/23/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-23** To Governor 2/23/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 156, 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/de21554f-d7a2-44f5-be06-9823e707f9c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).