---
type: "Bill"
title: "To remove certain territorial limitations on a banking institution’s ability to offer messenger services or mobile banking facilities"
description: "To remove certain territorial limitations on a banking institution’s ability to offer messenger services or mobile banking facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2611"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2611 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnhart"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c1ae7a9-f1db-47a8-89fc-7813010b9e2d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2611&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1679638bccf68f4d4cca45eb0aafaab03ab20a019fa2a47bf7427650b208db20"
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 2611 (2023) — To remove certain territorial limitations on a banking institution’s ability to offer messenger services or mobile banking facilities

## 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=hb2611%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2611)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2611%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2611)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnhart — primary (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-17** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2023-01-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Do pass
- **2023-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 82) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 348) `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 157, 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/8c1ae7a9-f1db-47a8-89fc-7813010b9e2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).