---
type: "Bill"
title: "To raise the threshold for nominal referral fees from $25 to $100."
description: "To raise the threshold for nominal referral fees from $25 to $100."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5057"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5057 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall, W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/480000cd-7eb2-4b67-b27a-6ab81d322d76"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5057&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9858463bfa6413889d852ad80d00b2a2f30fa48982e8460136464ec8762d01ed"
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 5057 (2024) — To raise the threshold for nominal referral fees from $25 to $100.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5057%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5057)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5057%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5057)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5057%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5057)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall, W. — primary (person)
- Green — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Passed House (Roll No. 127) `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-09** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 231) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Communicated to House
- **2024-02-23** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-26** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-06** To Governor 3/6/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** To Governor 3/6/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** To Governor 3/6/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 170, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/480000cd-7eb2-4b67-b27a-6ab81d322d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).