---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Seed Certification Program"
description: "Relating to Seed Certification Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "West Virginia SB 491 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0ac2b42-49fe-4b8d-99f2-8fbd6d4b3b3b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=491&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e9a6c2ab2a4544d972c4001979285292da429fd14f807268d592b00510947baf"
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 491 (2020) — Relating to Seed Certification 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=SB491%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=491)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB491%20SUB2.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=491)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB491%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=491)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB491%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=491)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **85–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Beach — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-15** To Agriculture and Rural Development then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization
- **2020-01-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 206)
- **2020-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 207) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Do pass
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-03-04** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 566) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 3, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0ac2b42-49fe-4b8d-99f2-8fbd6d4b3b3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).