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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Transferring authority to regulate milk from DHHR to Department of Agriculture"
+description: "Transferring authority to regulate milk from DHHR to Department of Agriculture"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 496"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 496 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-30"
+last_action: "2019-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/837d58ac-750e-4e66-b78d-3bf4cdf3e542"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=496&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "83c769a50ea163cafaa2ef685469c81426a25261626e48ab6bfcd4f8fac52f82"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia SB 496 (2019) — Transferring authority to regulate milk from DHHR to Department of Agriculture
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB496%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=496)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB496%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=496)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB496%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=496)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB496%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=496)
+5. **SB496 SYPOLT AM _1 2-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB496 SYPOLT AM _1 2-8 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **30–3** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **96–4** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sypolt — primary (person)
+- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2019-01-30** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-06** Committee substitute reported
+- **2019-02-07** On 1st reading
+- **2019-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2019-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-08** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2019-02-11** On 3rd reading
+- **2019-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 108) `passage`
+- **2019-02-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 108)
+- **2019-02-11** Ordered to House
+- **2019-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2019-02-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-12** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2019-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 532) `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 533)
+- **2019-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2019-03-08** House Message received
+- **2019-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 416)
+- **2019-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 417)
+- **2019-03-08** Communicated to House
+- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
+- **2019-03-08** House received Senate message
+- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/196 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Chapter 9, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/837d58ac-750e-4e66-b78d-3bf4cdf3e542`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+