West Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 2608 — Repealing the requirement of printing the date a consumer deposit account was opened on paper checks

Last action — Chapter 48, 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 23, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 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

14 added · 18 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill HB 2608 aims to remove the requirement that the date a consumer deposit account was opened must be printed on paper checks. This change may simplify check formatting and reduce costs for banks and businesses that issue checks. By eliminating this requirement, the bill allows for more flexibility in check design and potentially lesser confusion for consumers.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Introduced House Bill 2608 By Delegates Nelson, Criss and Espinosa [Introduced January 23, 2019;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session ENROLLED House Bill 2608 By Delegates Nelson, Criss and Espinosa [Passed March 1, 2019;
Referred to the Committee on Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary.] A BILL to repeal §61-3-39l of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring printing the date a consumer deposit account was opened on paper check.
in effect ninety days from passage.] AN ACT to repeal §61-3-39l of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring printing the date a consumer deposit account was opened on paper check.
[Repealed.]   NOTE:
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The purpose of this bill is to repeal requiring printing the date a consumer deposit account was opened on paper checks.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 48, 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. 302)

  12. Read 3rd time

  13. Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 301)

  14. Read 2nd time

  15. On 2nd reading

  16. Read 1st time

  17. On 1st reading

  18. Reported do pass

  19. To Banking and Insurance

  20. To Banking and Insurance

  21. Introduced in Senate

  22. House Message received

  23. Communicated to Senate

  24. Passed House (Roll No. 95)

  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. 2nd reference dispensed

  32. Do pass

  33. To House Banking and Insurance

  34. Introduced in House

  35. To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary

  36. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Espinosa · Cosponsor
  • Vernon Criss · Cosponsor
  • Nelson · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Nelson

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to 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 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69002
Republican 24000
Democrat 5000
Total 98002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Evans — Yea
Foster — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Fast — Yea
Graves — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Linville — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Malcolm — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Shott — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Storch — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Walker — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Byrd — Not Voting
Cadle — Yea
Capito — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Hill — Yea
Pack — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Summers — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Householder — Yea
Kump — Not Voting
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Miley — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Steele — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
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 Yea
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 2608?
HB 2608 is sponsored by Espinosa, Vernon Criss (Republican), and Nelson.
What is the current status of HB 2608?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2019. Enacted.
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