---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the restriction, regulation, use or administration of lawn care and pest care products"
description: "Prohibiting the restriction, regulation, use or administration of lawn care and pest care products"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4644"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4644 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9298d518-47ac-4caf-9fe2-05dc8409b5ca"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4644&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3a74b797415dad64294d5384ba114a95476bbb11528358c4c4e50d701bd8d968"
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 4644 (2022) — Prohibiting the restriction, regulation, use or administration of lawn care and pest care products

## 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=HB4644%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4644)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4644%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4644)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4644%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4644)

## Votes

- Passage — **27–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)
- Kimes — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 207) `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-23** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 417) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** To Governor 3/24/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 9, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9298d518-47ac-4caf-9fe2-05dc8409b5ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).