---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove the limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers"
description: "Remove the limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2507"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2507 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gearheart"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-15"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0225dd6e-6f3c-408e-aa5e-e4dfe7e85505"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2507&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9bdf08f95bd10e3ddd33b127cad32cd6efc03183e770774b49f584415f7c2ca5"
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 2507 (2021) — Remove the limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers

## 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=HB2507%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2507)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2507%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2507)
3. **HB2507 S JUD AM _1 3-30 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2507 S JUD AM _1 3-30 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2507 SFAT TRUMP 4-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2507 SFAT TRUMP 4-5 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2507%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2507)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gearheart — primary (person)
- Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 91) `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 376) `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 376)
- **2021-04-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-08** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 532)
- **2021-04-08** Passed House (Roll No. 533) `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 534)
- **2021-04-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-08** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-09** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 126, 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/0225dd6e-6f3c-408e-aa5e-e4dfe7e85505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).