---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to operation of state-owned farms"
description: "Relating to operation of state-owned farms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "West Virginia SB 344 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76efdef5-be89-49ba-88b4-1647351306af"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=344&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0f37bd1c76bf60f946aef010f5a4fb879014655282b73cff7ea9efdf834b17e4"
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 344 (2019) — Relating to operation of state-owned farms

## 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=SB344%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=344)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB344%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=344)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB344%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=344)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-18** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/20/19
- **2019-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 185) `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 185)
- **2019-02-21** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-21** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2019-02-27** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Do pass
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 455) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 456)
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-06** House Message received
- **2019-03-19** To Governor 3/19/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/19/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/19/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 6, 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/76efdef5-be89-49ba-88b4-1647351306af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).