republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/hb-2693.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating to state ownership of wildlife	Relating to state ownership of wildlife	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	HB 2693	West Virginia HB 2693 (2018)	bill	Natural Resources	enacted	Hamilton	3	41	3	2018-01-10	2018-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/a17e0ab1-8b2d-4fcb-9fe5-82b64facd1f4	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2693&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	723b4c96ffbb3f92d889a2ecf929cfd18148cc122cb810b17a2bf46b5c32064e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 2693 (2018) — Relating to state ownership of wildlife

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 97–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 91–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Hamilton — primary (person)
• Ambler — cosponsor (person)
• Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
• Evans, A. — cosponsor (person)
• Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
• Paynter — cosponsor (person)
• Rodighiero — cosponsor (person)
• Romine, R. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-01-10 To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-01-10 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-01-10 To House Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary committee-passage
• 2018-01-17 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 By substitute, do pass
• 2018-02-02 On 1st reading, House Calendar
• 2018-02-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-05 On 2nd reading, House Calendar
• 2018-02-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-06 On 3rd reading, House Calendar
• 2018-02-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-06 Passed House (Roll No. 49) passage
• 2018-02-06 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-02-07 House Message received
• 2018-02-07 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-02-07 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage
• 2018-03-01 On 1st reading
• 2018-03-01 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-02 On 2nd reading
• 2018-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-02 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2018-03-03 On 3rd reading
• 2018-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Passed Senate (Roll No. 306) passage
• 2018-03-03 Senate requests House to concur
• 2018-03-05 House received Senate message
• 2018-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 325)
• 2018-03-05 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-05 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-06 House Message received
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/10/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/10/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/10/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-03-22 Approved by Governor 3/22/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
• 2018-04-16 Chapter 170, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a17e0ab1-8b2d-4fcb-9fe5-82b64facd1f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).