---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to regulation and control of financing elections"
description: "Relating generally to regulation and control of financing elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 622"
citation: "West Virginia SB 622 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 53
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59cb49a6-b568-4195-b207-fd9cc852ccd4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=622&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "520e43a895144e6b65be98d0b34c8e876ca91de9700bafd771a1333a5abf0933"
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 SB 622 (2019) — Relating generally to regulation and control of financing elections

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No 643)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/RS/votes/house/00643.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB622%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=622)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB622%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=622)
4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB622%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=622)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB622%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=622)
6. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 644)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/RS/votes/house/00644.pdf)
7. **SB622 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB622 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-22 adopted.htm)
8. **SB622 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB622 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-8 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- HFA BYRD ET AL 3-7 — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- HFA BYRD #2 — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- SHOTT AM #1 3-4 — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- HFAT SPONAUGLE 3-8 — **38–59** (fail) · lower
- HFA ROBINSON ET AL 3-7 #1 — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- REFORM AMENDMENT — **48–49** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- HFA LOVEJOY ET AL 3-6 — **41–56** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 250) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Do pass
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Deferred
- **2019-03-08** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2019-03-08** Amendment to amendment rejected (Roll No. 638)
- **2019-03-08** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Motion to reform amendment rejected (Roll No. 639)
- **2019-03-08** Amendment to amendment rejected (Roll No. 640)
- **2019-03-08** Amendment to amendment rejected (Roll No. 641)
- **2019-03-08** Amendment to amendment adopted (Voice)
- **2019-03-08** Amendment to amendment rejected (Roll No. 642)
- **2019-03-08** Amendment adopted (Roll No 643)
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 644)
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 645) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Title amendment rejected (Roll No. 646)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 484)
- **2019-03-09** 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. 727)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 102, 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/59cb49a6-b568-4195-b207-fd9cc852ccd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).