---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exclude the Department of Tourism as a Governmental agency"
description: "Exclude the Department of Tourism as a Governmental agency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3389"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3389 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clark, W."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-17"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1ed2d79-ac4f-4d10-adf3-0bbfd48091b3"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3389&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f802811d183fc53d7421433dfda4b0d001fb80704190f10cb78d4d9932cbc814"
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 3389 (2025) — Exclude the Department of Tourism as a Governmental agency

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3389%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3389)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3389%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3389)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3389%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3389)
4. **hb3389 hfat phillips 3-31 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3389%20hfat%20phillips%203-31%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb3389 s gov am _1 4-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3389%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%204-3%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb3389 sfat rucker _1 4-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3389%20sfat%20rucker%20_1%204-2%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clark, W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Do pass
- **2025-03-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 295) `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-04** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-08** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 377) `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-04-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 493)
- **2025-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-11** House Message received
- **2025-04-15** To Governor 4/15/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 142, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1ed2d79-ac4f-4d10-adf3-0bbfd48091b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).