WEST virginia legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 3136

By Delegates Steele, Storch, Householder, Westfall, Clark, Hamrick, Barrett, Foster, Haynes, and J. Jeffries

[Introduced March 15, 2021; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to repeal §3-9-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to wagering or betting on elections. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§1. Repeal of article regarding wagering or betting on elections; penalties.

That §3-9-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the section on wagering or betting on elections.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.