---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to 2022 Farm Bill"
description: "Relating generally to 2022 Farm Bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 424"
citation: "West Virginia SB 424 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64475a9-7a71-46e8-a49c-09e1a17f50ec"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=424&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "960ac9873daa5601cdcb0268c1004e6295d1cba2f182d2cba6e08aac42a4b3ee"
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 424 (2022) — Relating generally to 2022 Farm Bill

## 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=SB424%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=424)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB424%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=424)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB424%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=424)
4. **SB424 COMSUB HJUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB424 COMSUB  HJUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB424 COMSUB HFAT CAPITO 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB424 COMSUB HFAT CAPITO 3-11 adopted.htm)
6. **SB424 SFAT SYPOLT _1 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB424 SFAT SYPOLT _1 2-25 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-18** To Agriculture and Rural Development then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-18** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2022-02-24** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2022-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2022-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** On 2nd reading
- **2022-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-01** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 249) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Ordered to House
- **2022-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on Special Calender
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 562) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 487)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-23** To Governor 3/23/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-20** Chapter 7, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c64475a9-7a71-46e8-a49c-09e1a17f50ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).