---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative"
description: "Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4494"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4494 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e7764f9-2a63-4995-ac44-5ee7e1e8f67a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4494&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e02d5c9900249e40f4e015612ca56716301cef1fb228688be7b11fa47542150a"
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 4494 (2020) — Tobacco Use Cessation Initiative

## 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=HB4494%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4494)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4494%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4494)
3. **HB4494 HFA HOUSEHOLDER AND SUMMERS 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4494 HFA HOUSEHOLDER AND SUMMERS 3-7 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4494 HFAT SUMMERS AND HOUSEHOLDER 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4494 HFAT SUMMERS AND HOUSEHOLDER 3-7 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4494 S FIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4494 S FIN AM _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4494 S FIN AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4494 S FIN AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4494%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4494)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **90–10** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lavender-Bowe — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Shott — cosponsor (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-23** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 343) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2020-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment 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. 501) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 764)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 634)
- **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 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 283, 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/3e7764f9-2a63-4995-ac44-5ee7e1e8f67a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).