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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations"
+description: "Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 171"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 171 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Counties", "Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-10"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/914c8a9e-4629-4f95-83d2-929384c020c7"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=171&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "324fc749e136030fb5c48487e276ca96b523c334e478c85a65d0c9c95da93a0a"
+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 171 (2024) — Prohibiting county commissions from adopting authorization that exceeds state law regarding agriculture operations
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb171%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=171)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb171%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=171)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **84–16** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hamilton — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Swope — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Trump — cosponsor (person)
+- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-01-10** Committee reference dispensed
+- **2024-01-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-01-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-11** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-12** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 27) `passage`
+- **2024-01-12** Ordered to House
+- **2024-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-01-25** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-08** Do pass
+- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-02-12** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2024-02-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-02-12** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2024-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 158) `passage`
+- **2024-02-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-02-13** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-02-14** House Message received
+- **2024-02-19** To Governor 2/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-20** To Governor 2/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-20** To Governor 2/19/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-23** Approved by Governor 2/23/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-02-24** Approved by Governor 2/23/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-02-26** Approved by Governor 2/23/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-23** Chapter 63, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/914c8a9e-4629-4f95-83d2-929384c020c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+