---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing limited sampling and limited sale of wine for off-premises consumption to wineries not licensed in the state"
description: "Authorizing limited sampling and limited sale of wine for off-premises consumption to wineries not licensed in the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4882"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4882 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-11"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b85d3de-882f-46a7-95c1-423ec6f6fdc9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4882&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4d2aed9dc16630f3afe0088fca11f4684db0059ff0d6307ed07f63bf9a9c0a5a"
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 4882 (2020) — Authorizing limited sampling and limited sale of wine for off-premises consumption to wineries not licensed in the state

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4882%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4882)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4882%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4882)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **79–16** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **80–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Sponaugle — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Do pass
- **2020-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 328) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 382) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 382)
- **2020-03-02** Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date
- **2020-03-04** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate effective date (Voice)
- **2020-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 488)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-05** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 10, 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/4b85d3de-882f-46a7-95c1-423ec6f6fdc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).