---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing license application process for needle exchange programs"
description: "Establishing license application process for needle exchange programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 334"
citation: "West Virginia SB 334 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 58
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d14179e-9d73-4a1e-ba0d-734d183c0f9f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=334&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "08c550e28ef48df2c5869385d0e61ececa70a08e9cb1a8f2ca2e48bb616fbb19"
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 334 (2021) — Establishing license application process for needle exchange programs

## 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=SB334%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=334)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB334%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=334)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB334%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=334)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB334%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=334)
5. **SB334 HFA HJUD 4-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB334 HFA HJUD 4-7 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **SB334 HFA HJUD 4-7 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB334 HFA HJUD 4-7 _2 adopted.htm)
7. **SB334 HFAT CAPITO 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB334 HFAT CAPITO 4-9 adopted.htm)
8. **SB334 SFA _1 MARONEY 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB334 SFA _1 MARONEY 4-9 adopted.htm)
9. **SB334 SFA _1 TARR 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB334 SFA _1 TARR 3-5 adopted.htm)
10. **SB334 SFAT _1 MARONEY 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB334 SFAT _1 MARONEY 4-10 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-18** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-03-09** Tarr Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-09** Stollings Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-09** Lindsay Floor amendments rejected (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 98) `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Immediate consideration
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment pending
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2021-04-09** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2021-04-09** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 545)
- **2021-04-09** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2021-04-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed House (Roll No. 546) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 440)
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 443)
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** Motion to suspend rules to permit amendment in third degree rejected (Roll No. 637)
- **2021-04-10** Previous question adopted
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 638)
- **2021-04-10** Effective ninety days from passage
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-15** To Governor 4/15/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 215, 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/6d14179e-9d73-4a1e-ba0d-734d183c0f9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).