# West Virginia HB 3016: Photo voter ID. West Virginia HB 3016, Photo voter ID., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Erica Moore (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-30 (Chapter 110, Acts, Regular Session, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB3016-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: West Virginia HB 3016 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Photo voter ID. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2025-07-30, Chapter 110, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 - Sponsor: Erica Moore (Republican) - Cosponsors: 10 - Subjects: §3-1-34 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (280 yes, 39 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Older voters can use expired IDs: benefit, low. Registered West Virginia voters age 65 or older can use an expired ID from the state's accepted document list. The ID must not have been expired on the voter's 65th birthday. - Voters need photo ID, with exceptions: mixed, medium. West Virginia voters generally must show an accepted ID with their name and photo. Options include valid West Virginia driver's licenses, U.S. passports, and student photo IDs from West Virginia high schools or colleges. Certain West Virginia driver's licenses and state ID cards qualify without a p… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Erica Moore (Republican), House - Cosponsor: James Robert "JB" Akers II (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joe Funkhouser (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Josh Holstein (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dean Jeffries (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Pat McGeehan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Phillips (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Clay Riley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Matthew Rohrbach (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bryan Smith (Republican), House - Cosponsor: George Street (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-12 | House | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 594) | pass | 88 | 10 | | | 2025-04-12 | House | Motion to limit debate to 5 minutes adopted (Roll No. 593) | pass | 76 | 19 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 485) | pass | 32 | 2 | | | 2025-03-28 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 240) | pass | 84 | 8 | | ## Actions (45) - 2025-07-30: Chapter 110, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-30: Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 (House) - 2025-04-22: To Governor 4/22/2025 (House) - 2025-04-12: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-04-12: Motion to limit debate to 5 minutes adopted (Roll No. 593) (House) - 2025-04-12: House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 594) (House) - 2025-04-12: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-12: Completed legislative action (House) - 2025-04-12: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-11: On 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Passed Senate (Roll No. 485) (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Title amendment adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Senate requests House to concur (Senate) - 2025-04-10: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Reported do pass, with amendment (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Immediate consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-04-08: On second reading, rereferred to Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-31: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-31: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-28: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-28: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-03-28: Passed House (Roll No. 240) (House) - 2025-03-28: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-03-27: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-27: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-03-26: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-26: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-03-25: By substitute, do pass (House) - 2025-03-19: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-14: To House Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-04: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-02-27: Filed for introduction (House) - 2025-02-27: To Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-27: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-02-27: To House Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - Committee Substitute: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1.pdf) - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1 eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1 eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1 enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1 enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 intr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed) - SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed) - SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed) - SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed) - SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed) - SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds (signed) ## Sources - [Committee Substitute (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1.htm) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1.pdf) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1 eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1 eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1 enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 sub1 enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3016 intr.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs) - [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs) - [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs) - [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs) - [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs) - [SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB102-2025rs) - [West Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia/bills) - [West Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB3016-2025rs (as of 2026-10-19).