---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting a pharmacist to convert prescriptions authorizing refills under certain circumstances"
description: "Permitting a pharmacist to convert prescriptions authorizing refills under certain circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2524"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2524 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a3d747-21fe-4c0c-9bb2-5af93188cd4d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2524&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1ae8fbdb068e9ead77afacae687abaafbf1b22327963a092e1a34d3ead517ceb"
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 2524 (2019) — Permitting a pharmacist to convert prescriptions authorizing refills under certain circumstances

## 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=HB2524%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2524)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2524%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2524)
3. **HB2524 S H_HR AM _26 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2524 S H_HR AM _26 3-4 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2524%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2524)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Fleischauer — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hollen — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Staggers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-18** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-01-30** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Passed House (Roll No. 66) `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-04** House Message received
- **2019-02-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 435) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 659)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 195, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a3d747-21fe-4c0c-9bb2-5af93188cd4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).