---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act"
description: "Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2569"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2569 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4b65f56-66ea-4997-96d1-754a29a9cea5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2569&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "189c9d9dc20b087b6d107d56b5ad5b547dd5e36459f5f9e42467b968169bbf2c"
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 2569 (2023) — Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act

## 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=hb2569%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2569)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2569%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2569)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2569%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2569)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2569%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2569)
5. **hb2569 hfa fast 1-26 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2569 hfa fast 1-26 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **hb2569 s jud am _1 2-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2569 s jud am _1 2-7 adopted.htm)
7. **hb2569 s or amt _1 2-15 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2569 s or amt _1 2-15 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 52) `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** To Outdoor Recreation then Judiciary
- **2023-02-01** To Outdoor Recreation
- **2023-02-16** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Outdoor Recreation committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2023-03-06** Judiciary committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 401) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 540)
- **2023-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 541) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-09** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 215, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4b65f56-66ea-4997-96d1-754a29a9cea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).