---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transferring authority to regulate milk from DHHR to Department of Agriculture"
description: "Transferring authority to regulate milk from DHHR to Department of Agriculture"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "West Virginia SB 496 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/837d58ac-750e-4e66-b78d-3bf4cdf3e542"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=496&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "83c769a50ea163cafaa2ef685469c81426a25261626e48ab6bfcd4f8fac52f82"
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 496 (2019) — Transferring authority to regulate milk from DHHR to Department of Agriculture

## 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=SB496%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=496)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB496%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=496)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB496%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=496)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB496%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=496)
5. **SB496 SYPOLT AM _1 2-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB496 SYPOLT AM _1 2-8 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-30** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-07** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-11** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 108) `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 108)
- **2019-02-11** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 532) `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 533)
- **2019-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** House Message received
- **2019-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 416)
- **2019-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 417)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/196 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 9, 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/837d58ac-750e-4e66-b78d-3bf4cdf3e542`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).