---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to limited video lottery"
description: "Relating generally to limited video lottery"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2191"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2191 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f1fb1b7-37b1-495f-a217-02ab8dd2c0f0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2191&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "448e15afad2177f8097f947c3500ceafa0dc6fc9f651e0b39862e499dc469a99"
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 2191 (2019) — Relating generally to limited video lottery

## 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=HB2191%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2191)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2191%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2191)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2191%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2191)

## Votes

- Passage — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **90–9** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-09** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2019-01-15** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-01-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** Passed House (Roll No. 40) `passage`
- **2019-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 41)
- **2019-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-01-30** House Message received
- **2019-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-11** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/11/19
- **2019-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 121) `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 121)
- **2019-02-12** Communicated to House
- **2019-02-12** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-13** House received Senate message
- **2019-02-19** To Governor 2/19/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-19** To Governor 2/19/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-20** To Governor 2/19/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-26** Approved by Governor 2/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 121, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f1fb1b7-37b1-495f-a217-02ab8dd2c0f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).