---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Responsible Gaming and Research Act"
description: "Creating the Responsible Gaming and Research Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5668"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5668 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6fc6215-be24-4bc1-8231-2af9e71cf55e"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5668&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b0eb2b9d886cf864ce9fd2f8c4d08466d51ad44ffd9b1c0b6608bce8168cd8ae"
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 5668 (2024) — Creating the Responsible Gaming and Research Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5668%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5668)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5668%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5668)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5668%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5668)
4. **hb5668 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5668%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5668 s jud amt _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5668%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **68–30** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **84–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 397) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Without recommendation, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading to Judiciary
- **2024-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/8/2024
- **2024-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 508) `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 774)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 140, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6fc6215-be24-4bc1-8231-2af9e71cf55e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).