---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to crossbow hunting"
description: "Relating to crossbow hunting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 2696"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2696 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8837cc68-6a75-4111-a0cd-4d56c2c5263f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2696&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9e232ab38507636b7fec0374f3d9246aca8bbcc8bcde8d5a8447e0ee526c1361"
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 2696 (2018) — Relating to crossbow hunting

## 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=HB2696%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2696)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2696%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2696)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2696%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2696)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Evans, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Frich — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Romine, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
- Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-01** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 44) `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-06** House Message received
- **2018-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 279) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-03** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 292)
- **2018-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-05** House Message received
- **2018-03-08** To Governor 3/8/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-08** To Governor 3/8/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/8/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 171, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8837cc68-6a75-4111-a0cd-4d56c2c5263f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).