---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing the owner of an antique military vehicle to display alternate registration insignia"
description: "Allowing the owner of an antique military vehicle to display alternate registration insignia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2338"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2338 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff1824d7-8f30-46b1-b3cf-8140c2fd8879"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2338&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f02ca0e940963d46c80b6279b3b365c5292ad4d8e381d83d117746a8211bf321"
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 2338 (2020) — Allowing the owner of an antique military vehicle to display alternate registration insignia

## 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=HB2338%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2338)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2338%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2338)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2338%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2338)
4. **HB2338 HFA HOWELL 1-30 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2338 HFA HOWELL 1-30 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2338 S T_I AM _1adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB2338 S T_I AM _1adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2338%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2338)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-01-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 68) `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** To Military then Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2020-02-03** To Military
- **2020-02-05** Reported do pass, but first to Transportation and Infrastructure `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2020-02-19** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-24** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/24/20
- **2020-02-25** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/25/20
- **2020-02-26** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/26/20
- **2020-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 342) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-02-28** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-28** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 387)
- **2020-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-29** House Message received
- **2020-03-03** To Governor 3/3/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-03** To Governor 3/3/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-03** To Governor 3/3/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 218, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff1824d7-8f30-46b1-b3cf-8140c2fd8879`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).