---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disposition of permit fees, registration fees and civil penalties imposed against thoroughbred horse racing licensees"
description: "Relating to the disposition of permit fees, registration fees and civil penalties imposed against thoroughbred horse racing licensees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 3021"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3021 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f645b7-d2a0-4798-a2c7-1789cef7b9ae"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3021&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d6e48649a9f399bb6341fa1aa296f46cd0dc4ca2c0f339e1c72ca44a643d078b"
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 3021 (2019) — Relating to the disposition of permit fees, registration fees and civil penalties imposed against thoroughbred horse racing licensees

## 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=HB3021%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3021)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3021%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3021)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3021%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=3021)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **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. 335) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-27** House Message received
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 358) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/11/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/11/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** To Governor 3/11/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - 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 131, 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/c9f645b7-d2a0-4798-a2c7-1789cef7b9ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).