---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repealing the requirement of printing the date a consumer deposit account was opened on paper checks"
description: "Repealing the requirement of printing the date a consumer deposit account was opened on paper checks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2608"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2608 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40b5d87c-98b0-4e80-ae64-484c1b9b5e1e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2608&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b3e46fe9c3dcaef1d21f5070b70631d02e0e5ad4aa70fc89f87f193d5afe72c7"
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 2608 (2019) — Repealing the requirement of printing the date a consumer deposit account was opened on paper checks

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2608%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2608)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2608%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2608)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-23** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Do pass
- **2019-02-04** 2nd reference dispensed
- **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. 95) `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-08** House Message received
- **2019-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-08** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** To Banking and Insurance `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. 301)
- **2019-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 302) `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 48, 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/40b5d87c-98b0-4e80-ae64-484c1b9b5e1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).