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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibiting the waste of game animals, game birds or game fish"
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description: "Prohibiting the waste of game animals, game birds or game fish"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2540"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2540 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harshbarger"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-21"
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last_action: "2019-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/591cde38-be84-42c7-906a-680f7bf8fef9"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2540&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "ff59dea733a90b0df82828b02f1374b2abac6d847aebc34454f3bd3bcd0621bc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 2540 (2019) — Prohibiting the waste of game animals, game birds or game fish
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2540%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2540)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2540%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2540)
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3. **HB2540 S JUD AM _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2540 S JUD AM _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2540%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2540)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **79–17** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **79–20** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **22–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Harshbarger — primary (person)
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- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
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- Brown, N. — cosponsor (person)
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- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
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- Hott — cosponsor (person)
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- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
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- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2019-01-21** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2019-01-21** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-30** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2019-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-19** By substitute, do pass
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- **2019-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 261) `passage`
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- **2019-02-22** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2019-02-22** Communicated to Senate
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- **2019-02-23** House Message received
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- **2019-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-02-23** To Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-23** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-05** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-05** Immediate consideration
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- **2019-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-05** On 2nd reading to Judiciary
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- **2019-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2019-03-09** On 3rd reading
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- **2019-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 507) `passage`
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- **2019-03-09** Judiciary Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
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- **2019-03-09** Floor Title amendment adopted
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- **2019-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
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- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 732)
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- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2019-03-09** House Message received
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- **2019-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 545)
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- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
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- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
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- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/21/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/21/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-21** To Governor 3/21/19 `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
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- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
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- **2019-04-11** Chapter 178, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/591cde38-be84-42c7-906a-680f7bf8fef9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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