HB 3154 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to advertising by licensed limited video lottery retailers and licensed limited video lottery operators

HB 3154 amends West Virginia law to clarify advertising rules for licensed limited video lottery retailers and operators. The bill requires all advertising and promotional activities to receive prior written approval from the Lottery Commission Director before publication or release. It explicitly states that previous legislative rules restricting such advertising "shall have no effect" upon this bill's enactment, meaning the new approval process overrides prior restrictions. The law does not change what can be advertised, only the process for getting approval. This directly affects businesses operating video lottery machines across the state.

Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025

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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute → Engrossed Committee Substitute · 2 edits · Apr 1, 2025

MINOR

The bill text was updated to reflect its progression from a 'Committee Substitute' to an 'Engrossed Version' in the legislative process. The substantive policy language regarding video lottery advertising rules and operator requirements remained identical between the two versions, with only minor formatting adjustments to the text.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document header and version history to indicate the bill is now the 'Engrossed Version' instead of the 'Committee Substitute'.

Minor formatting changes were made to the text of Section 13 and Section 12, including the removal of a line break and a space correction in the 'Provided' clause, but the legal requirements for advertising approval remained exactly the same.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Apr 1, 2025

How they voted

62–34

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 100

Apr 1, 2025

D Democratic9

8 Nay 1

88% Nay

R Republican91

62 Yea 26 Nay 3

68% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 319)

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

By substitute, do pass

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

To House Judiciary

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

To Judiciary

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors