---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists"
description: "Prohibiting state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2204"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2204 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79072927-e851-45f1-a08b-d29349147fd1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2204&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "12cbaa4e784c7a81858e09dd909cddbee9ea97e2a90047fcd4b45004643140ea"
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 2204 (2019) — Prohibiting state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists

## 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=HB2204%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2204)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2204%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2204)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2204%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2204)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **84–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Waxman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-10** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2019-01-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 91) `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-08** House Message received
- **2019-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 297)
- **2019-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 298) `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-01** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/8/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/8/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/8/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/19/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/19/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 122, 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/79072927-e851-45f1-a08b-d29349147fd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).