---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets"
description: "Relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2253"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2253 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bb6199e-c1c8-4ee3-9b8c-113f76bfa1be"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2253&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2f3347c57cdad21e807a12cb169dc63de676aa96785d4f0fd3eab0cd9a169cdd"
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 2253 (2021) — Relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2253%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2253)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2253%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2253)
3. **HB2253 HFA KESSINGER 2-22 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2253 HFA KESSINGER 2-22 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2253 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2253 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2253%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2253)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (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`
- **2021-02-17** Do pass
- **2021-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-22** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 48) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-02** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 295) `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-05** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 427)
- **2021-04-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-05** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-06** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/10/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/10/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/10/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 87, 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/4bb6199e-c1c8-4ee3-9b8c-113f76bfa1be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).