---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting online raffles to benefit charitable and public service organizations"
description: "Permitting online raffles to benefit charitable and public service organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 263"
citation: "West Virginia SB 263 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f996487e-c879-475d-8ebb-f18469619943"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=263&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c775b355d5f3425d16ed8c8c971744dd661108fcbb98299b636a08ab19051272"
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 SB 263 (2021) — Permitting online raffles to benefit charitable and public service organizations

## 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=SB263%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=263)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB263%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=263)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB263%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=263)
4. **SB263 HFA BARRETT 4-5 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB263 HFA BARRETT 4-5 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB263 SFA TAKUBO _1 4-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB263 SFA TAKUBO _1 4-7 adopted.htm)
6. **SB263 SFAT TAKUBO 4-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB263 SFAT TAKUBO 4-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 72) `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 72)
- **2021-03-04** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Do pass
- **2021-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed House (Roll No. 447) `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 448)
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 437)
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 437)
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 625)
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 626)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 124, 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/f996487e-c879-475d-8ebb-f18469619943`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).