---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act"
description: "Relating to Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "West Virginia SB 489 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maroney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62d104c2-490c-4792-8b5e-23173f031a83"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=489&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a5049bbdf6c07cdcdf9ad8edd6a7f8435bbeed7f8aeb44cd0e313951679bb747"
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 489 (2019) — Relating to Pharmacy Audit Integrity 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=SB489%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=489)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB489%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=489)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB489%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=489)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maroney — primary (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-30** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2019-02-13** Motion to dispense with second reference adopted
- **2019-02-13** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2019-02-14** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 150) `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 279) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 280)
- **2019-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-26** House Message received
- **2019-02-26** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 239)
- **2019-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 239)
- **2019-02-26** Communicated to House
- **2019-02-26** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-27** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-01** To Governor 3/1/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-01** To Governor 3/1/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-01** Approved by Governor 3/1/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/1/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/1/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 145, 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/62d104c2-490c-4792-8b5e-23173f031a83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).