---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding and removing certain compounds from controlled substance list"
description: "Adding and removing certain compounds from controlled substance list"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 546"
citation: "West Virginia SB 546 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6d8008d-e5ae-43c3-b98b-d46bbdcb2f91"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=546&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0b7f872ef9cd6eae74ef4acad7de13c036025aef05ced97ff7e08c29af03c7f9"
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 546 (2023) — Adding and removing certain compounds from controlled substance list

## 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=sb546%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=546)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb546%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=546)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb546%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=546)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb546%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=546)
5. **sb546 sfa stuart _1 2-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb546 sfa stuart _1 2-17 adopted.htm)
6. **sb546 sfa trump _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb546 sfa trump _1 2-27 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stuart — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-27** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-28** Deferred until until foot of 2nd reading
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Stuart floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-28** Trump floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-01** Deferred until foot of 1st reading
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 342) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Ordered to House
- **2023-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do pass
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 619) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 681) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 76, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6d8008d-e5ae-43c3-b98b-d46bbdcb2f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).