---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering"
description: "Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4438"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4438 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca393690-2974-4945-a24e-d14262a62233"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4438&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0b65eb0cfc0b4524f8aa0449b84f6575ec3f4fca9f56aac13e85625463bc9a49"
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 4438 (2020) — Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering

## 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=HB4438%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4438)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4438%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4438)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4438%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4438)
4. **HB4438 HFA HOUSEHOLDER AND ESPINOSA 2-4 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4438 HFA HOUSEHOLDER AND ESPINOSA 2-4 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4438 HFA HOUSEHOLDER AND SUMMERS 3-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4438 HFA HOUSEHOLDER AND SUMMERS 3-3 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4438 HFAT SUMMERS AND HOUSEHOLDER 3-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4438 HFAT SUMMERS AND HOUSEHOLDER 3-3 _1 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4438 HFIN AM 1-31 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4438 HFIN AM 1-31 adopted.htm)
8. **HB4438 HFIN AM 1-31 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4438 HFIN AM 1-31 as amended adopted.htm)
9. **HB4438 HFIN AMT 1-31 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4438 HFIN AMT 1-31 adopted.htm)
10. **HB4438 S FIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4438 S FIN AM _1 adopted.htm)
11. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4438%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4438)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–27** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **72–27** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **78–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** By substitute, do pass, but first to Finance
- **2020-01-24** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2020-02-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 104) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-29** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 376) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-04** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 480)
- **2020-03-04** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 485)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 485)
- **2020-03-06** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 485)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/23/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/23/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 150, 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/ca393690-2974-4945-a24e-d14262a62233`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).