---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing Licensed Racetrack Modernization Fund"
description: "Continuing Licensed Racetrack Modernization Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "West Virginia SB 9 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1323328e-62e3-4120-a7c1-9875fd69b3fa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=9&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b03f80b256c57ff826b50718a52670f1f3ebb0cce8be9efbe473d4512ccecbf6"
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 9 (2021) — Continuing Licensed Racetrack Modernization Fund

## 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=SB9%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=9)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB9%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=9)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB9%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=9)
4. **SB9 HFIN AM 3-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB9 HFIN AM 3-18 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-10** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** On 3rd reading
- **2021-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 1) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Passed House (Roll No. 248) `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-24** House Message received
- **2021-03-24** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 179)
- **2021-03-24** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-24** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-25** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-29** To Governor 3/29/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** To Governor 3/29/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-02** Approved by Governor 4/2/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05** Approved by Governor 4/2/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 122, 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/1323328e-62e3-4120-a7c1-9875fd69b3fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).