---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to drug control"
description: "Relating generally to drug control"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "West Virginia SB 272 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f138729-48cf-43df-b9db-7a8a25b62f1b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=272&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9231464053ac1ffdeba0defff0c6ad79ea229f54cc6b7b569f3f2d2c42b23f63"
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 272 (2018) — Relating generally to drug control

## 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=SB272%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=272)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20SUB2.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=272)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=272)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=272)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-15** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-15** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2018-01-31** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-08** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-12** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 95) `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-13** To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Finance
- **2018-02-13** To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2018-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 339) `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-07** House Message received
- **2018-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 373)
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-14** To Governor 3/14/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/14/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/14/18 - 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
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 194, 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/5f138729-48cf-43df-b9db-7a8a25b62f1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).