---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the State Aeronautics Commission"
description: "Relating to the State Aeronautics Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 3016"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3016 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1ff854-2234-4b65-a016-2bc11415d0b0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3016&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "591814e9d5095d5efbfd1e4d84f075c96069d2b4aedac9ef9bc5af73838eea3c"
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 3016 (2019) — Relating to the State Aeronautics Commission

## 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=HB3016%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3016)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3016%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3016)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3016%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3016)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-12** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 333) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-27** House Message received
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 457) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **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 130, 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/2a1ff854-2234-4b65-a016-2bc11415d0b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).