---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding remote service unit to the definition of customer bank communications terminals"
description: "Adding remote service unit to the definition of customer bank communications terminals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2968"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2968 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb558d6-62a9-4848-ac90-6b92877be922"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2968&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b616ab91d9b5f06d0befd1a946c41ec2a11346797cc3e9a8f0f64957c3f44e89"
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 2968 (2019) — Adding remote service unit to the definition of customer bank communications terminals

## 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=hb2968%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2968)
2. **HB2968 S JUD AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2968 S JUD AMT adopted.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2968%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2968)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-11** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2019-02-18** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Do pass
- **2019-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 272) `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-23** House Message received
- **2019-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-23** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2019-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading to Judiciary
- **2019-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 501) `passage`
- **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. 715)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** 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 41, 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/ccb558d6-62a9-4848-ac90-6b92877be922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).