---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulating certain plant-based derivatives, hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and Kratom"
description: "Regulating certain plant-based derivatives, hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and Kratom"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 679"
citation: "West Virginia SB 679 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d644a150-3e07-4c4c-aaa9-77d4c41212eb"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=679&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3efe1942b31257dc97a042d909b2e0a05dc352e92b7d2766359e3d2ded2eb16b"
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 679 (2024) — Regulating certain plant-based derivatives, hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and Kratom

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20sub2.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb679%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=679)
6. **sb679 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb679%20hfin%20am%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb679 sfa takubo _2 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb679%20sfa%20takubo%20_2%203-9%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb679 sfa tarr _1 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb679%20sfa%20tarr%20_1%202-23%20adopted.htm)
9. **sb679 sfat takubo _2 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb679%20sfat%20takubo%20_2%203-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **85–11** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **78–18** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- HFA FLUHARTY 3-7 #1 — **15–77** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stuart — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-06** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2024-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-23** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-24** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/24/2024
- **2024-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 283) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 283)
- **2024-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 613) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 675) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 676)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 497)
- **2024-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 497)
- **2024-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 775)
- **2024-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 776)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-14** To Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 3, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d644a150-3e07-4c4c-aaa9-77d4c41212eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).