---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing a private outdoor designated area to simultaneously host multiple qualified permit holders"
description: "Authorizing a private outdoor designated area to simultaneously host multiple qualified permit holders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5295"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5295 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clark, W."]
version_count: 10
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fa50be0-c881-4d2d-a51a-6ca5a968c0ce"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5295&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "82b5397b9db1cf9404305ea8d0c9c986dad3ad58d0cf25141572d13372642d91"
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 5295 (2024) — Authorizing a private outdoor designated area to simultaneously host multiple qualified permit holders

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 154)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2024/RS/votes/house/00154.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5295%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5295)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5295%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5295)
4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5295%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5295)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5295%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5295)
6. **hb5295 hfa phillips 2-27 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5295%20hfa%20phillips%202-27%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5295 hfa w clark 2-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5295%20hfa%20w%20clark%202-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb5295 hfat phillips 2-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5295%20hfat%20phillips%202-13%20adopted.htm)
9. **hb5295 s jud am _1 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5295%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%202-16%20adopted.htm)
10. **hb5295 s jud amt _1 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5295%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%202-16%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **73–24** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **74–24** (pass) · lower
- HFA W. CLARK 2-11 #1 — **61–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clark, W. — primary (person)
- Hall, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Marple — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt, E. — cosponsor (person)
- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** To Economic Development and Tourism then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 154)
- **2024-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 169) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 170)
- **2024-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-21** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 203) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2024-02-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 204)
- **2024-02-21** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-01** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-01** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-01** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, concur in title amendment, and passed bill (Roll No. 418)
- **2024-03-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 419)
- **2024-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-04** House Message received
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 352)
- **2024-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 352)
- **2024-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - 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 10, 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/6fa50be0-c881-4d2d-a51a-6ca5a968c0ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).