republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/hb-2372.md

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

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	Allow pre-candidacy papers to be filed the day after the general election	Allow pre-candidacy papers to be filed the day after the general election	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	HB 2372	West Virginia HB 2372 (2021)	bill	Elections	enacted	Howell	5	38	1	2021-02-13	2021-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/e8a9fbbc-4d3c-4118-8e78-80d3110ed73d	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2372&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	cdd40e0554d1662d4d80b7c561b34676c260a75977c79e14a2f99e0782c6af9a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 2372 (2021) — Allow pre-candidacy papers to be filed the day after the general election

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. HB2372 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2372 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. HB2372 SFAT TRUMP 3-17 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2372 SFAT TRUMP 3-17 adopted.htm)
5. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Howell — primary (person)
• Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• Graves — cosponsor (person)
• Mandt — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Pack, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Paynter — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Pinson — cosponsor (person)
• Statler — cosponsor (person)
• Ward, B. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-13 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-02-13 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-13 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-02-13 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 By substitute, do pass
• 2021-02-23 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-02-23 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-02-24 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-02-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-02-25 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-02-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-02-25 Passed House (Roll No. 54) passage
• 2021-02-25 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-02-26 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-02-26 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-26 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-15 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage
• 2021-03-16 On 1st reading
• 2021-03-16 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-17 On 2nd reading
• 2021-03-17 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-17 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-18 On 3rd reading
• 2021-03-18 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-18 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 149) passage
• 2021-03-18 Senate requests House to concur
• 2021-03-19 House received Senate message
• 2021-03-19 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 213)
• 2021-03-19 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-03-19 Completed legislative action
• 2021-03-22 House Message received
• 2021-03-24 To Governor 3/24/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-03-25 To Governor 3/24/21 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-03-24 To Governor 3/24/21 executive-receipt
• 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor 3/30/21 - Senate Journal
• 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor 3/30/21 - House Journal
• 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor 3/30/21 executive-signature
• 2021-05-20 Chapter 106, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8a9fbbc-4d3c-4118-8e78-80d3110ed73d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).