---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems"
description: "Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 3005"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3005 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fast"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5546e026-f09a-45c9-893b-616c5589ba0b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3005&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8aec68310b93a372ca34be3c16e0124ec24e4c275cfd789eef7ee206b50f450c"
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 3005 (2018) — Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems

## 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=HB3005%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=3005)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3005%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=3005)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3005%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=3005)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3005%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=3005)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **78–18** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **88–10** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fast — primary (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Overington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-01-23** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2018-01-25** Amended on 3rd reading
- **2018-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-25** Motion to table bill rejected
- **2018-01-25** Passed House (Roll No. 15) `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-01-26** House Message received
- **2018-01-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2018-03-02** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 308) `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 355)
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-16** To Governor 3/16/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/16/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/16/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 61, 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/5546e026-f09a-45c9-893b-616c5589ba0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).