---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernizing the self-service storage lien law"
description: "Modernizing the self-service storage lien law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2761"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2761 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4395cf5-f553-4b7e-ab12-45f7839a0865"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2761&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7e430629a24a59124a3c61d8c53fb80e83698e0e3e4ad16824d0dad617af718a"
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 2761 (2019) — Modernizing the self-service storage lien law

## 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=HB2761%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2761)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2761%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2761)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2761%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2761)
4. **HB2761 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2761 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2761%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2761)

## Votes

- EFFECT JULY 1, 2019 — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **88–12** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **84–15** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2019 — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-12** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/13/19
- **2019-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 178) `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 179)
- **2019-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-15** House Message received
- **2019-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 492) `passage`
- **2019-03-09** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 492)
- **2019-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 736)
- **2019-03-09** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 737)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `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 169, 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/a4395cf5-f553-4b7e-ab12-45f7839a0865`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).