---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing resident manager requirement for Alcohol Beverage Control Administration"
description: "Removing resident manager requirement for Alcohol Beverage Control Administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 610"
citation: "West Virginia SB 610 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers", "Health", "Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27c4290c-1379-4097-9575-01c8e5561a54"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=610&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f7912c06088bcdac527d40293d4ec40629bee3ae65a8cb4e9453675dc8ad14a4"
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 610 (2020) — Removing resident manager requirement for Alcohol Beverage Control Administration

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB610%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=610)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB610%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=610)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB610%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=610)
4. **SB610 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB610 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-5 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **90–10** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — 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 Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 195) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 195)
- **2020-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Do pass
- **2020-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/29
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2020-03-05** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 655) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 656)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 159, 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/27c4290c-1379-4097-9575-01c8e5561a54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).