---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to publication of sample ballots"
description: "Relating to publication of sample ballots"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2600"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2600 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/126111ec-68c8-4574-a922-50341c2cf1f1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2600&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c58f920ea12282c9c1820d1738633ee7dc887134ec3f91708abe67ff4ec73ea1"
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 2600 (2019) — Relating to publication of sample ballots

## 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=HB2600%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2600)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2600%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2600)
3. **HB2600 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2600 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2600%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2600)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Summers — primary (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-01-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Passed House (Roll No. 33) `passage`
- **2019-01-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-01-29** House Message received
- **2019-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 354) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 661)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 105, 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/126111ec-68c8-4574-a922-50341c2cf1f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).