---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to permitting fur-bearer parts"
description: "Relating to permitting fur-bearer parts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2521"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2521 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harshbarger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69187838-1dad-4d7d-af68-d3b1e69e51e4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2521&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8046dce6549c3a48b27dd995deac2accb804831910d4a0ddc763036d1ca9b126"
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 2521 (2019) — Relating to permitting fur-bearer parts

## 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=HB2521%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2521)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2521%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2521)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2521%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2521)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **87–12** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harshbarger — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-18** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-01-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 58) `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-01** House Message received
- **2019-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 146) `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Communicated to House
- **2019-02-15** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-18** House received Senate message
- **2019-02-22** To Governor 2/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-22** To Governor 2/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-22** To Governor 2/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/28/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/28/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/28/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 177, 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/69187838-1dad-4d7d-af68-d3b1e69e51e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).