---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organizations for political activities"
description: "Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organizations for political activities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2009"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2009 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce9ffeb5-19ed-4a4e-8f1e-42f7d2c39379"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2009&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b151c922be1cd5f2144dd03c3e7fc5f022a5dac8454c81f35a8fb542460c666d"
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 2009 (2021) — Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organizations for political activities

## 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=HB2009%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2009)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2009%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2009)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2009%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2009)
4. **HB2009 HFA CAPITO 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2009 HFA CAPITO 2-13 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2009 S JUD AM _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2009 S JUD AM _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2009 SFA TRUMP 3-15 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2009 SFA TRUMP 3-15 _1 adopted.htm)
7. **HB2009 SFAT TRUMP 3-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2009 SFAT TRUMP 3-16 adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2009%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2009)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Forsht — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
- Kimes — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 38) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-02-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2021-03-15** Trump Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-15** Romano Amendments to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 127)
- **2021-03-15** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-16** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 132) `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-03-19** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-19** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 210)
- **2021-03-19** Passed House (Roll No. 211) `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-19** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-22** House Message received
- **2021-03-24** To Governor 3/24/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-25** To Governor 3/24/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-24** To Governor 3/24/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor 3/30/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor 3/30/21 - House Journal
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 170, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce9ffeb5-19ed-4a4e-8f1e-42f7d2c39379`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).