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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to wine alcohol by volume as compared to beer"
+description: "Relating to wine alcohol by volume as compared to beer"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 3311"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 3311 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hornby"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-07"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/593540d5-a570-433e-bdf2-6a737d41a2b5"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3311&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "534c68db9604753d8bec6cf0e942f1b5d0e23ff81c0b9e7cfa12ba911b767a73"
+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 HB 3311 (2023) — Relating to wine alcohol by volume as compared to beer
+
+## 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=hb3311%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3311)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3311%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3311)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3311%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3311)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **23–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hornby — primary (person)
+- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Hite — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
+- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
+- Willis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-07** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-07** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-09** By substitute, do pass
+- **2023-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 143) `passage`
+- **2023-02-14** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-28** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-03-01** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2023-03-09** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 528) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** To Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 5, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/593540d5-a570-433e-bdf2-6a737d41a2b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+