---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making the entire state \"wet\" or permitting the sale of alcoholic liquors for off-premises consumption"
description: "Making the entire state \"wet\" or permitting the sale of alcoholic liquors for off-premises consumption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4524"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4524 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86406ab1-42e4-4fb6-9383-64eedbf9b69a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4524&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b923c2d13b1a6a7e7e6425a80b2ee8c57c288b40456372a1ff798af51516b0c4"
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 4524 (2020) — Making the entire state "wet" or permitting the sale of alcoholic liquors for off-premises consumption

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 333)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00333.pdf)
2. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4524%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4524)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4524%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4524)
4. **HB4524 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4524 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4524 S JUD AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4524 S JUD AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
6. **House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 776)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00776.pdf)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4524%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4524)
8. **Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 638)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/senate/03-07-0638.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–26** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **75–24** (pass) · lower
- HFA WESTFALL 2-19 #1 REV. — **63–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Sponaugle — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-24** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Do pass
- **2020-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2020-02-25** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-25** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 333)
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 345) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** 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 adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 464) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-06** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2020-03-06** 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: Weld, Takubo, Hardesty
- **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: Westfall, Capito, Hartman
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** To conference
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Conference report filed - Senate
- **2020-03-07** Conference report filed - House
- **2020-03-07** Conference report received-House
- **2020-03-07** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 776)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 638)
- **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 7, 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/86406ab1-42e4-4fb6-9383-64eedbf9b69a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).