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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing banking services for medical cannabis"
description: "Providing banking services for medical cannabis"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2538"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2538 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38695cf2-2a91-4d2f-b11a-a2bb90193bfd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2538&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ad3a200e99d3ac7b46905d5cd83655daa852385b6fba5aa5bb7e5a62d727ce7a"
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 2538 (2019) — Providing banking services for medical cannabis
## 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=HB2538%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2538)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2538%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2538)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2538%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2538)
## Votes
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **87–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **89–7** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-21** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 185) `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Effective from passage (Roll No. 186)
- **2019-02-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-18** House Message received
- **2019-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 353) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 353)
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/9/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/9/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/9/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 40, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38695cf2-2a91-4d2f-b11a-a2bb90193bfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).