---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending and updating the laws relating to auctioneers"
description: "Amending and updating the laws relating to auctioneers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2982"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2982 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1176c761-8f3c-407c-bb58-d8cfe4efebb0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2982&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d235013d3a4fa4687fa2b14987bb0b43f7ffb8daf97ce924f59ed93e17cf757c"
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 2982 (2019) — Amending and updating the laws relating to auctioneers

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2982%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2982)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2982%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2982)
3. **HB2982 SFA _1 BOSO 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2982 SFA _1 BOSO 3-7 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2982%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2982)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Cadle — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 237) `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-22** House Message received
- **2019-02-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendments withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2019-03-07** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 456) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 680)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal `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 37, 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/1176c761-8f3c-407c-bb58-d8cfe4efebb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).