---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner's authority to restrict advertising"
description: "Limiting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner's authority to restrict advertising"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4388"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4388 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamrick"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 62
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f77bd211-a03f-4357-b37b-fa826010d902"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4388&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "12f29cca4401eb781531c3c96c74c6a8603fc739241db03a74793c4c013a7cc5"
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 4388 (2020) — Limiting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner's authority to restrict advertising

## 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=HB4388%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4388)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4388%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4388)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4388%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4388)
4. **HB4388 HFA HOWELL AND C. MARTIN 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4388 HFA HOWELL AND C. MARTIN 2-18 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4388 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4388 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4388 S JUD AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4388 S JUD AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4388 SFA _1 HARDESTY 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4388 SFA _1 HARDESTY 3-5 adopted.htm)
8. **House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 782)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00782.pdf)
9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4388%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4388)
10. **Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 640)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/senate/03-07-0640.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–11** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **86–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hamrick — primary (person)
- Jeffries, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-01-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-23** From Special Calendar, 1st reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2020-02-20** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 299) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-04** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/4/20
- **2020-03-05** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 498) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate refused to recede; requested conference (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Senate appoints conference committee: Takubo, Rucker, Romano
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House agreed to conference
- **2020-03-07** House appointed conferees: Howell, Martin, C., Staggers
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** To conference
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Conference report filed - House
- **2020-03-07** Conference report filed - Senate
- **2020-03-07** Conference report received-House
- **2020-03-07** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 782)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 640)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 6, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f77bd211-a03f-4357-b37b-fa826010d902`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).