---
type: "Bill"
title: "To bring virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission licensure and create disclosure requirements and daily transaction limitations for new and existing customers."
description: "To bring virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission licensure and create disclosure requirements and daily transaction limitations for new and existing customers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5353"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5353 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/184416c4-943e-4a2f-920c-b6e36b7f87a7"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5353&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "eb3eca6178ff1f37dd3593bd68f750fedd9f59374e9904f4efb63a26b5328dc3"
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 5353 (2026) — To bring virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission licensure and create disclosure requirements and daily transaction limitations for new and existing customers.

## 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=hb5353%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5353)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5353%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5353)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5353%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5353)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5353%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5353)
5. **hb5353 s fin am _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5353%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%203-10%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5353 sfat barrett _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5353%20sfat%20barrett%20%20_1%203-11%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-09** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 307) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 308)
- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 563) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 564)
- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 655)
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 656)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/184416c4-943e-4a2f-920c-b6e36b7f87a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).