---
type: "Bill"
title: "Converting Addiction Treatment Pilot Program to permanent program"
description: "Converting Addiction Treatment Pilot Program to permanent program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 469"
citation: "West Virginia SB 469 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b7f1292-ffad-45e3-8f44-f945746a0a28"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=469&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e47d699975c3a7b2cc266b239d9bca6eca1742a78c06dc61112f81292372dd9a"
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 469 (2018) — Converting Addiction Treatment Pilot Program to permanent program

## 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=SB469%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=469)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB469%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=469)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB469%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=469)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- H HHR AM #1 — **48–49** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Ferns — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 117) `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Health and Human Resources
- **2018-02-15** To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 422) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 466) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 481) `passage`
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** 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 62, 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/6b7f1292-ffad-45e3-8f44-f945746a0a28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).