---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create an act for Statewide Uniformity for Auxiliary Container Regulations"
description: "Create an act for Statewide Uniformity for Auxiliary Container Regulations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2500"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2500 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-15"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f0a237a-7cfb-43a6-9e5f-30eeb046b6d8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2500&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8d00cd33c20869b8ec5f42acc8daf48929316a8d895b3ea93aa96d067cca8179"
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 HB 2500 (2021) — Create an act for Statewide Uniformity for Auxiliary Container Regulations

## 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=HB2500%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2500)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2500%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2500)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-15** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Do pass
- **2021-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 51) `passage`
- **2021-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-04-09** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/9/21 with right to amend
- **2021-04-10** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2021-04-10** Amendment not germane
- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 469) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 469)
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate effective date (Voice)
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 644)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** To Governor 4/14/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 73, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f0a237a-7cfb-43a6-9e5f-30eeb046b6d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).