HB 2030 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Modifying compulsory housing for hotels and motels

HB 2030 prohibits counties, cities/towns, and housing authorities from requiring hotels or motels to participate in programs that house homeless individuals or families using housing vouchers. The bill directly affects hotel and motel operators by preventing local governments and housing authorities from mandating their involvement in such programs. It adds new sections to West Virginia law defining "homeless individuals or families" (those lacking stable housing) and "hotel or motel" (temporary lodging for transient guests), while explicitly stating these entities cannot be compelled to join voucher-based housing initiatives. The law applies uniformly across county, municipal, and housing authority levels without creating new housing programs.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Mar 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute Engrossed Committee Substitute · 4 edits · Mar 19, 2025
MODERATE
The bill text was updated to reflect its progression from a Committee Substitute to an Engrossed Committee Substitute version. This change indicates that the bill has been reviewed and approved by the committee, though the substantive policy language regarding hotel and motel voucher restrictions remains identical to the previous version.
TECHNICAL

The header was updated to label the document as the 'Engrossed Version' instead of the 'Committee Substitute'.

The previous 'Committee Substitute' label was removed from the history section.

A new session identifier 'engrossed' was added to the legislative metadata.

A note explaining the purpose of the bill and instructions on how to read strike-throughs and underlining were removed, likely because they are no longer needed for this specific version of the text.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 19, 2025

How they voted

970
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 100
Mar 19, 2025
D Democratic9
9 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican91
88 Yea 3
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
2
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Mar 20, 2025
Committee
To Government Organization
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 110)
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Amended
Amendment rejected (Voice vote)
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Amendment reported by the Clerk
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Do pass
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
To House Government Organization
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
To House Local Governments
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
To House Government Organization
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
To Government Organization
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Josh Holstein
Josh Holstein
RRepublican
WV
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