---
type: "Bill"
title: "Industrial Hemp Development Act"
description: "Industrial Hemp Development Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "West Virginia SB 475 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woelfel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a126345d-f352-4b73-98a6-5d18aafc04d5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=475&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9ae63e638640ed5e99d325e17e954d5e653fb28d2a6413cc65e843856032d6e6"
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 475 (2018) — Industrial Hemp Development Act

## 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=SB475%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=475)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB475%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=475)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB475%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=475)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Woelfel — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Beach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-02** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 157) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-21** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** 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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 372) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-20** To Governor 3/20/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/20/18 - 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 9, 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/a126345d-f352-4b73-98a6-5d18aafc04d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).