---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to nonintoxicating beer, nonintoxicating craft beer, cider, wine, and liquor license requirements"
description: "Relating to nonintoxicating beer, nonintoxicating craft beer, cider, wine, and liquor license requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 534"
citation: "West Virginia SB 534 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c036cfb3-363b-4df8-8966-4fb1428be944"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=534&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a00d188d5d3c87d37faeb09dd93e952b8452482556fdf97a34e61433ee42879c"
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 534 (2023) — Relating to nonintoxicating beer, nonintoxicating craft beer, cider, wine, and liquor license requirements

## 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=sb534%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=534)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb534%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=534)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb534%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=534)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb534%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=534)
5. **sb534 hfa capito 3-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb534 hfa capito 3-10 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **sb534 hfat capito 3-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb534 hfat capito 3-10 _1 adopted.htm)
7. **sb534 hjud am. _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb534 hjud am. _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
8. **sb534 sfa nelson _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb534 sfa nelson _1 2-24 adopted.htm)
9. **sb534 sfa rucker _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb534 sfa rucker _1 2-24 adopted.htm)
10. **sb534 sfa rucker _2 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb534 sfa rucker _2 2-24 adopted.htm)
11. **sb534 sfa trump _1 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb534 sfa trump _1 2-25 adopted.htm)
12. **sb534 sfat trump _1 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb534 sfat trump _1 2-25 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **25–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-24** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Nelson et al floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** Rucker #1 floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** Rucker #2 floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** Trump floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 290) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 679) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 582)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 4, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c036cfb3-363b-4df8-8966-4fb1428be944`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).