---
type: "Bill"
title: "Self Storage Limited License Act"
description: "Self Storage Limited License Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2647"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2647 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45783ca3-cfb6-483c-bee9-657cfedfece2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2647&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5735625d8b97127188a2900ae8fd28903c640641a76ddc2f0f1959ee3b7ea3b3"
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 2647 (2019) — Self Storage Limited License Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2647%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2647)
2. **HB2647 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2647 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2647%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2647)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-24** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Do pass
- **2019-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 136) `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-14** House Message received
- **2019-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2019-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 381) `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 567)
- **2019-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-08** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/21/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/21/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** To Governor 3/21/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 153, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45783ca3-cfb6-483c-bee9-657cfedfece2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).