---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding a defense to the civil penalty imposed for a result of delivery of fuel to a state other than the destination state printed on the shipping document for fuel"
description: "Adding a defense to the civil penalty imposed for a result of delivery of fuel to a state other than the destination state printed on the shipping document for fuel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2997"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2997 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haynes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9ae5924-5ff1-4462-b634-dd74775cb526"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2997&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "505e426b33d5f65a2bfde846a2461b68a076cfd2c3c05abac1f59d2b4a151e8e"
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 2997 (2021) — Adding a defense to the civil penalty imposed for a result of delivery of fuel to a state other than the destination state printed on the shipping document for fuel

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2997%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2997)
2. **HB2997 S JUD AM _1 4-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2997 S JUD AM _1 4-6 adopted.htm)
3. **HB2997 S JUD AMT _1 4-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2997 S JUD AMT _1 4-6 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2997 SFA _1 MARTIN 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2997 SFA _1 MARTIN 4-8 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2997%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2997)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haynes — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Do pass
- **2021-03-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 359) `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-04-10** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2021-04-10** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 472) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 649)
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 650)
- **2021-04-10** House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** Senate concurred in House effective date
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 493)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **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 4/27/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/27/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-27** Approved by Governor 4/27/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 272, 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/a9ae5924-5ff1-4462-b634-dd74775cb526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).