West Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 2204 — Prohibiting state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists

Last action — Chapter 122, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

11 added · 4 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill has been updated to clarify that state licensing boards are prohibited from hiring lobbyists, but it now specifies that the director, board counsel, and appointed board members can still lobby on behalf of the board. This change emphasizes that while boards cannot hire external lobbyists, key internal officials are still allowed to advocate for the board's interests. This matters because it aims to reduce potential conflicts of interest while ensuring that boards have representatives who can effectively communicate their needs.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session ENROLLED Committee Substitute for House Bill 2204 By Delegates Foster, Fast, Phillips, Waxman and  Wilson   [Passed March 1, 2019;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for House Bill 2204 By Delegates Foster, Fast, Phillips, Waxman and  Wilson   [Introduced January 10, 2019;
in effect ninety days from passage.] AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-22, relating to prohibiting state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists;
Referred to the Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary.] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-22, relating to prohibiting state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists;
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The purpose of this bill is to prohibit state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists;
and declare that the director, board counsel and appointed board members of each board may lobby on behalf of the board.
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. Chapter 122, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  2. Approved by Governor 3/19/19

  3. Approved by Governor 3/19/19 - House Journal

  4. Approved by Governor 3/19/19 - Senate Journal

  5. To Governor 3/8/19 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 3/8/19

  7. To Governor 3/8/19 - House Journal

  8. House received Senate message

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to House

  11. Passed Senate (Roll No. 298)

  12. Read 3rd time

  13. Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 297)

  14. Read 2nd time

  15. On 2nd reading

  16. Read 1st time

  17. On 1st reading

  18. Reported do pass

  19. To Government Organization

  20. To Government Organization

  21. Introduced in Senate

  22. House Message received

  23. Communicated to Senate

  24. Passed House (Roll No. 91)

  25. Read 3rd time

  26. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  27. Read 2nd time

  28. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  29. Read 1st time

  30. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  31. By substitute, do pass

  32. To House Judiciary

  33. Do pass, but first to Judiciary

  34. To House Government Organization

  35. Introduced in House

  36. To Government Organization then Judiciary

  37. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Waxman · Cosponsor
  • Fast · Cosponsor
  • Wilson · Cosponsor
  • Foster · Primary
  • Chris Phillips · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Foster

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (147)

147 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

Passage

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 30002
Total 32002
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
LINDSAY — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MANN — Not Voting
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
BOSO — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TARR — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Not Voting
HARDESTY — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 84 Yea · 14 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 23100
Unaffiliated 581102
Democrat 3200
Total 841402
% of votes cast 84%14%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Evans — Yea
Foster — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Fast — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Linville — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Malcolm — Yea
Pack — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Shott — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Storch — Yea
Summers — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Brown, N. — Nay
Tomblin — Nay
Brown, S. — Nay
Walker — Nay
Cowles — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Estep-Burton — Nay
Hicks — Nay
Householder — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Nay
Miley — Nay
Paynter — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Robinson — Nay
Waxman — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Byrd — Not Voting
Capito — Yea
Fleischauer — Nay
Graves — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Hill — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Kump — Not Voting
Longstreth — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Rowe — Nay
Staggers — Yea
Steele — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Nay
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Nay
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Nay
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Who sponsors HB 2204?
HB 2204 is sponsored by Waxman, Fast, Wilson, Foster, and Chris Phillips (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 2204?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2019. Enacted.
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