---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating the schedule of controlled substances"
description: "Updating the schedule of controlled substances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4336"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4336 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f1ff35b-d135-418a-91e0-67499ad9f1cc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4336&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "512d4537825f7aa533f55c03ac09f8114c3c005e177df31f37ae748789bd0435"
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 4336 (2018) — Updating the schedule of controlled substances

## 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=HB4336%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4336)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4336%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4336)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4336%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4336)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hollen — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-26** To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary
- **2018-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 245) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-01** House Message received
- **2018-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 405) `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-09** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 490) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** To Governor 3/15/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 47, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f1ff35b-d135-418a-91e0-67499ad9f1cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).