---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen"
description: "Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2758"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2758 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bacd8f8b-bd13-437a-9a20-54319571a0c8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2758&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "48aec2be94e664a811826de0d72243572489bedf5bfe988b40fa543922d97e86"
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 2758 (2021) — Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen

## 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=HB2758%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2758)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2758%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2758)
3. **HB2758 S JUD AM _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2758 S JUD AM _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2758 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2758 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2758%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2758)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-24** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 138) `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-07** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 347) `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-07** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 504)
- **2021-04-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-07** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-08** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** To Governor 4/14/21 `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 203, 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/bacd8f8b-bd13-437a-9a20-54319571a0c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).