---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to allowing draw games winners to remain anonymous"
description: "Relating to allowing draw games winners to remain anonymous"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 2982"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2982 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Gaming", "Records and Papers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Upson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b12a81-01f6-48fa-bc47-ceec0c04e941"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2982&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2fe94ef7d9e3d84a889b03058532dcc2df2e144d0e142b437f64e6f514bb375c"
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 2982 (2018) — Relating to allowing draw games winners to remain anonymous

## 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=HB2982%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2982)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2982%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2982)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2982%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2982)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **89–9** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **85–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Upson — 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`
- **2018-02-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 226) `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-28** House Message received
- **2018-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** Rereferred to Judiciary on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Having been read 1st time 3/7/18
- **2018-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2018-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 420) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 535)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **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 3/27/18 - 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 104, 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/d1b12a81-01f6-48fa-bc47-ceec0c04e941`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).