# West Virginia HB 3089: Mandate the use of WV DMV electronic lien and title system for certain entities and persons West Virginia HB 3089, Mandate the use of WV DMV electronic lien and title system for certain entities and persons, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Matthew Rohrbach (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-31 (Chapter 173, Acts, Regular Session, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB3089-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: West Virginia HB 3089 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Mandate the use of WV DMV electronic lien and title system for certain entities and persons - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-03 - Last action: 2025-07-31, Chapter 173, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 - Sponsor: Matthew Rohrbach (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: §17A-4-10, §17A-4A-2, §17A-4A-2A - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (260 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Insurers get total-loss certificate application route: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, insurers can apply to West Virginia's DMV when an endorsed title remains unavailable 15 days after total-loss payment. This option applies only when the owner has not chosen to keep the vehicle. Available certificates cover salvage, cosmetic total-loss salvage, and nonrepair… - Vehicle lenders must use electronic records: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, financial institutions recording five or more vehicle liens per calendar year must handle all lien actions through West Virginia's electronic system. Once fully implemented, the DMV need not issue paper titles to lenders, but paper titles remain available by request. When li… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Matthew Rohrbach (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joe Funkhouser (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-08 | House | House concurred in Senate effective date (Roll No. 412) | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 334) | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 333) | pass | 33 | 1 | | | 2025-03-20 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 126) | pass | 95 | 0 | | ## Actions (42) - 2025-07-31: Chapter 173, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-25: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 (House) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-10: To Governor 4/9/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-10: To Governor 4/9/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-09: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-09: To Governor 4/9/2025 (House) - 2025-04-08: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-04-08: House concurred in Senate effective date (Roll No. 412) (House) - 2025-04-08: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-08: Completed legislative action (House) - 2025-04-07: On 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Passed Senate (Roll No. 333) (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 334) (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date (Senate) - 2025-04-04: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Reported do pass (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Immediate consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-21: To Transportation and Infrastructure (Senate) - 2025-03-21: To Transportation and Infrastructure (Senate) - 2025-03-20: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-20: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-03-20: Passed House (Roll No. 126) (House) - 2025-03-20: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-03-19: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-19: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-03-18: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-18: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-03-17: By substitute, do pass (House) - 2025-03-12: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-11: To House Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-10: To House Legal Services (House) - 2025-03-10: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-03: Filed for introduction (House) - 2025-03-03: To Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-03: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-03-03: To House Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - Committee Substitute: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2.pdf) - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2 eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2 eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2 enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2 enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 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/hb3089 sub2.htm) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2.pdf) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2 eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2 eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2 enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 sub2 enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3089 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-HB3089-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).