---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Commissioner of Agriculture employees"
description: "Relating to Commissioner of Agriculture employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "West Virginia SB 324 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b40ad7-d8be-4214-becf-1eafbdb3855c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=324&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0b67030ce399e45e05255fbeed84bd9a983c94efb74d180adbade8acb21c3960"
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 324 (2019) — Relating to Commissioner of Agriculture employees

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB324%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=324)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB324%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=324)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Beach — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 68) `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 68)
- **2019-02-04** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Reference dispensed
- **2019-02-05** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 89) `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 90)
- **2019-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-07** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-08** House Message received
- **2019-02-15** To Governor 2/15/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-18** To Governor 2/15/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-18** To Governor 2/15/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-19** Approved by Governor 2/19/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/19/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/19/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 5, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85b40ad7-d8be-4214-becf-1eafbdb3855c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).