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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Regulating certain plant-based derivatives, hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and Kratom"
+description: "Regulating certain plant-based derivatives, hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and Kratom"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 679"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 679 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-02-06"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d644a150-3e07-4c4c-aaa9-77d4c41212eb"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=679&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "3efe1942b31257dc97a042d909b2e0a05dc352e92b7d2766359e3d2ded2eb16b"
+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 679 (2024) — Regulating certain plant-based derivatives, hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and Kratom
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
+2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20sub2.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
+3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
+4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
+6. **sb679 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb679%20hfin%20am%20adopted.htm)
+7. **sb679 sfa takubo _2 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb679%20sfa%20takubo%20_2%203-9%20adopted.htm)
+8. **sb679 sfa tarr _1 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb679%20sfa%20tarr%20_1%202-23%20adopted.htm)
+9. **sb679 sfat takubo _2 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb679%20sfat%20takubo%20_2%203-9%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **71–26** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **85–11** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **78–18** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **57–39** (pass) · lower
+- HFA FLUHARTY 3-7 #1 — **15–77** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stuart — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-02-06** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
+- **2024-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
+- **2024-02-23** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-24** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-02-24** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/24/2024
+- **2024-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-26** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-02-27** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 283) `passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 283)
+- **2024-02-27** Ordered to House
+- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-02-29** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 613) `amendment-failure`
+- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-03-07** Amendment ruled not germane
+- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 675) `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 676)
+- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-09** House Message received
+- **2024-03-09** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 497)
+- **2024-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 497)
+- **2024-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
+- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 775)
+- **2024-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 776)
+- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-09** House Message received
+- **2024-03-14** To Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-23** Chapter 3, 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/d644a150-3e07-4c4c-aaa9-77d4c41212eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+