---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sale of raw milk"
description: "Relating to the sale of raw milk"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4911"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4911 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornby"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da6b67d-f525-4bc7-9e0b-e1b0e41cf188"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4911&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4be0ffb2bf5cbddacfbfe9a495a67bc952166b046699b19c17dd678964311269"
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 4911 (2024) — Relating to the sale of raw milk

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4911%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4911)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4911%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4911)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4911%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4911)
4. **hb4911 s jud am _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4911%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb4911 s jud amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4911%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **76–19** (pass) · lower
- HFA PUSHKIN 2-16 — **18–71** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hornby — primary (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- DeVault — cosponsor (person)
- Dillon — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-18** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-18** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources
- **2024-02-08** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-16** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 209) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 217) `passage`
- **2024-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Agriculture and Natural Resources Comm. amend. withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-07** Judiciary committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 439) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** AG&NR comm. title amend. withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-08** Jud comm. title amendment adopted
- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 731)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2024-03-28** Became law 3/28/24
- **2024-03-09** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 6, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9da6b67d-f525-4bc7-9e0b-e1b0e41cf188`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).