---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the annual fee for limited video lottery terminal permits"
description: "Relating to the annual fee for limited video lottery terminal permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3044"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3044 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gearheart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed6a813f-8350-4379-bbf7-3b247549670c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3044&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7a3f65499ad35ceeb013b18b2d9e7a6da102679ceea5a4b6b6a51b36e90378e6"
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 3044 (2023) — Relating to the annual fee for limited video lottery terminal permits

## 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=hb3044%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3044)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3044%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3044)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3044%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3044)

## Votes

- Passage — **25–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gearheart — primary (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Nestor — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)
- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-25** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 133) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 134)
- **2023-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 383) `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 383)
- **2023-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 160, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed6a813f-8350-4379-bbf7-3b247549670c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).