---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing use of certain prescription drugs"
description: "Reducing use of certain prescription drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "West Virginia SB 273 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ac41d96-2a03-4c26-9a75-f6977ac80970"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=273&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e4a012f78ff633a1b4f08bc934078dc4dbe0d6633bbeca5d839847d8ab8f716a"
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 273 (2018) — Reducing use of certain prescription drugs

## 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=SB273%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=273)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB273%20SUB2.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=273)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB273%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=273)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB273%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=273)
5. **Second Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB273%20SUB2%20ENG2.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=273)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · legislature
- HFA HORNBUCKLE ET AL 3-6 — **36–59** (fail) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- HFA BYRD ET AL 3-7 — **37–62** (fail) · 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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-15** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2018-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-14** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/14/18
- **2018-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** Stollings Floor amendment reported
- **2018-02-15** Takubo Amendment to Stollings amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-15** Stollings Amendment as amended adopted (Roll No. 132)
- **2018-02-15** Baldwin Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 133)
- **2018-02-15** Ferns Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-16** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-16** Unanimous consent to amend
- **2018-02-16** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 137) `passage`
- **2018-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-19** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Placed on House Calender
- **2018-03-07** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Special Calender
- **2018-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Placed at foot of bills on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 391) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 392) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 399) `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-09** House Message received
- **2018-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 457)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 46, 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/1ac41d96-2a03-4c26-9a75-f6977ac80970`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).