---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to guaranty associations"
description: "Relating to guaranty associations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2690"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2690 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/588607cb-fc8e-4ddb-ab50-01a35219d086"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2690&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cf895f482632f060f5bc66cb8ad8dcebdcc9b12c3aca3f5ec6cbe3d1e8663259"
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 2690 (2019) — Relating to guaranty associations

## 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=HB2690%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2690)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2690%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2690)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2690%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2690)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-28** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 285) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-26** House Message received
- **2019-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-26** Committee reference dispensed
- **2019-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 290) `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Communicated to House
- **2019-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-28** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-05** To Governor 3/5/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-05** To Governor 3/5/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-05** To Governor 3/5/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/2519 - House Journal
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 154, 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/588607cb-fc8e-4ddb-ab50-01a35219d086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).