---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to nonintoxicating beer, wine and liquor licenses"
description: "Relating to nonintoxicating beer, wine and liquor licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4848"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4848 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-25"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b470d5e-8d47-4e40-9f61-e8445003f688"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4848&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a5120c6c73683768d8fe2b6f067314c65dc3a85012318a03fef0d28d1d0e76af"
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 4848 (2022) — Relating to nonintoxicating beer, wine and liquor licenses

## 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=HB4848%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4848)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4848%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4848)
3. **HB4848 HFA STEELE 3-12 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4848 HFA STEELE 3-12 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4848 HFA STEELE REFORMED 3-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4848 HFA STEELE REFORMED 3-2 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4848 HFA STEELE REFORMED 3-2 _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4848 HFA STEELE REFORMED 3-2 _1 as amended adopted.htm)
6. **HB4848 HFA YOUNG 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4848 HFA YOUNG 3-2 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4848 HFAT STEELE 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4848 HFAT STEELE 3-2 adopted.htm)
8. **HB4848 HFAT STEELE _1 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4848 HFAT STEELE _1 3-12 adopted.htm)
9. **HB4848 S JUD AM _1 TRUMP 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4848 S JUD AM _1 TRUMP 3-8 adopted.htm)
10. **HB4848 SFA TRUMP _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4848 SFA TRUMP _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
11. **HB4848 SFAT TRUMP _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4848 SFAT TRUMP _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
12. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4848%20ORG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4848)

## Votes

- Passage — **26–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-25** Originating in House Government Organization
- **2022-02-25** Do pass
- **2022-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Amendments pending
- **2022-03-02** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2022-03-02** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-02** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2022-03-02** Amendment to amendment adopted (Voice)
- **2022-03-02** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 352) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Floor amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 467) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2022-03-11** Floor title amendment adopted
- **2022-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 662)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 550)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `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 10, 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/1b470d5e-8d47-4e40-9f61-e8445003f688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).