West Virginia 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed House Of Delegates 7 R cosponsors

HB 2659 — Adding a special permit for a non-profit entity to be a qualified permit holder in a private outdoor designated area

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

4 added · 11 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill HB 2659 now includes a clearer title that highlights its focus on creating a special permit for non-profits in private outdoor areas. The changes streamline the language and make the bill's purpose more straightforward. This matters because it helps to better inform those affected by the legislation and clarify the bill's intent, potentially making it easier to implement and understand.

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CS for HB 2659 WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Committee Substitute for House Bill 2659 By Delegates W.
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION ENGROSSED Committee Substitute for House Bill 2659 By Delegates W.
Smith, Riley, Kyle, Hall, Willis, and Lucas [Originating in the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism:
Smith, Riley, Kyle, Hall, Willis, and Lucas [Originating in the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism;
Reported on March 3, 2025] CS for HB 2659 A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §60-7-8h, relating to adding a special permit for a non-profit entity to be a qualified permit holder in a private outdoor designated area.
Reported on March 3, 2025] Eng CS for HB 2659 A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §60-7-8h, relating to adding a special permit for a non-profit entity to be a qualified permit holder in a private outdoor designated area.
1 CS for HB 2659 (1) Have an approved outdoor location that operates solely in a private outdoor designated area(s) created by municipal ordinances as set forth in §8-12-26 of this code, and provide the commissioner a copy of the certified ordinances from the municipality, and operate only on dates designated within the dates of operation for the private outdoor designated area;
(1) Have an approved outdoor location that operates solely in a private outdoor designated area(s) created by municipal ordinances as set forth in §8-12-26 of this code, and provide the 1 Eng CS for HB 2659 commissioner a copy of the certified ordinances from the municipality, and operate only on dates designated within the dates of operation for the private outdoor designated area;
NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to add a special permit for a non-profit qualified permit holder in a private outdoor designated area.
2 CS for HB 2659 Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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Action History

  1. To Judiciary

  2. To Judiciary

  3. Introduced in Senate

  4. Communicated to Senate

  5. Effective from passage (Roll No. 86)

  6. Passed House (Roll No. 85)

  7. Read 3rd time

  8. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  9. Read 2nd time

  10. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  11. Read 1st time

  12. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  13. Do pass

  14. Markup Discussion

  15. To House Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism

  16. To House Government Organization

  17. Introduced in House

  18. To Government Organization

  19. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 20 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (145)

145 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

EFFECT FROM PASSAGE

Passed 81 Yea · 13 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 691204
Democrat 8001
Unaffiliated 4101
Total 811306
% of votes cast 81%13%0%6%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Flanigan — Yea
Linville — Yea
Devault — Yea
Kump — Nay
Steele — Not Voting
Clark, T — Yea
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
Hollis Lewis Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Kayla Young Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Rick Garcia Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Not Voting
Adam Burkhammer Republican Nay
Adam Vance Republican Nay
Andy Shamblin Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Bill Ridenour Republican Yea
Bob Fehrenbacher Republican Yea
Bryan Smith Republican Yea
Bryan Ward Republican Nay
Carl "Bill" Roop Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Nay
Charles Sheedy Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
Chuck Horst Republican Yea
Clay Riley Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Nay
Dana Ferrell Republican Yea
Dave Foggin Republican Yea
David Cannon Republican Yea
David Green Republican Not Voting
David McCormick Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Doug Smith Republican Yea
Elias Coop-Gonzalez Republican Nay
Eric Brooks Republican Nay
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
Geno Chiarelli Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Street Republican Yea
Henry Dillon Republican Nay
Ian T. Masters Republican Yea
James Robert "JB" Akers II Republican Yea
Jarred Cannon Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Not Voting
Jeffrey Stephens Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Nay
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
Joe Funkhouser Republican Yea
Joe Parsons Republican Not Voting
Joe Statler Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Jonathan Kyle Republican Yea
Jonathan Pinson Republican Nay
Jordan Bridges Republican Yea
Jordan Maynor Republican Yea
Josh Holstein Republican Yea
Kathie Hess Crouse Republican Yea
Keith Marple Republican Yea
Laura Kimble Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Yea
Lori Dittman Republican Yea
Margitta Mazzocchi Republican Nay
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marshall W. Clay Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Michael Amos Republican Not Voting
Michael Hite Republican Yea
Michael Hornby Republican Yea
Mickey Petitto Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Lucas Republican Yea
Phil Mallow Republican Yea
Ray Canterbury Republican Yea
Rick Hillenbrand Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Ryan Browning Republican Yea
S. Chris Anders Republican Yea
Sarah Drennan Republican Yea
Scot C. Heckert Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea
Tresa Howell Republican Nay
Tristan Leavitt Republican Yea
Vacant1 Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
Walter Hall Republican Yea
Wayne Clark Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 73 Yea · 21 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 612004
Democrat 8001
Unaffiliated 4101
Total 732106
% of votes cast 73%21%0%6%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Flanigan — Yea
Linville — Yea
Devault — Yea
Kump — Nay
Steele — Not Voting
Clark, T — Yea
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
Hollis Lewis Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Kayla Young Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Rick Garcia Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Not Voting
Adam Burkhammer Republican Nay
Adam Vance Republican Nay
Andy Shamblin Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Nay
Bill Ridenour Republican Yea
Bob Fehrenbacher Republican Yea
Bryan Smith Republican Yea
Bryan Ward Republican Nay
Carl "Bill" Roop Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Nay
Charles Sheedy Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Nay
Chuck Horst Republican Yea
Clay Riley Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Nay
Dana Ferrell Republican Nay
Dave Foggin Republican Yea
David Cannon Republican Yea
David Green Republican Not Voting
David McCormick Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Nay
Doug Smith Republican Yea
Elias Coop-Gonzalez Republican Nay
Eric Brooks Republican Nay
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
Geno Chiarelli Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Street Republican Nay
Henry Dillon Republican Nay
Ian T. Masters Republican Yea
James Robert "JB" Akers II Republican Yea
Jarred Cannon Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Not Voting
Jeffrey Stephens Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Nay
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
Joe Funkhouser Republican Yea
Joe Parsons Republican Not Voting
Joe Statler Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Jonathan Kyle Republican Yea
Jonathan Pinson Republican Nay
Jordan Bridges Republican Yea
Jordan Maynor Republican Yea
Josh Holstein Republican Nay
Kathie Hess Crouse Republican Yea
Keith Marple Republican Yea
Laura Kimble Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Yea
Lori Dittman Republican Yea
Margitta Mazzocchi Republican Nay
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marshall W. Clay Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Michael Amos Republican Not Voting
Michael Hite Republican Yea
Michael Hornby Republican Yea
Mickey Petitto Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Lucas Republican Yea
Phil Mallow Republican Nay
Ray Canterbury Republican Yea
Rick Hillenbrand Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Nay
Ryan Browning Republican Yea
S. Chris Anders Republican Yea
Sarah Drennan Republican Yea
Scot C. Heckert Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea
Tresa Howell Republican Nay
Tristan Leavitt Republican Yea
Vacant1 Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
Walter Hall Republican Yea
Wayne Clark Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 2659?
HB 2659 is sponsored by Wayne Clark (Republican), Doug Smith (Republican), Clay Riley (Republican), Jonathan Kyle (Republican), Walter Hall (Republican), Patrick Lucas (Republican), and Jimmy Willis (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 2659?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 2659?
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