---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Virginia Truth in Food Labeling Act"
description: "West Virginia Truth in Food Labeling Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5349"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5349 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thorne"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e594e9-a8f3-46a4-a7ec-ed2b0c2850a7"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5349&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c2c9b50dd01bac05175fae0aaba4bdeb053f8a31a60b7ee8139b7fa9ece25eea"
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 5349 (2024) — West Virginia Truth in Food Labeling Act

## 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=hb5349%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5349)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5349%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5349)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5349%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5349)
4. **hb5349 hfa householder 3-8 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5349%20hfa%20householder%203-8%20_2%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5349 sfa trump _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5349%20sfa%20trump%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5349 sfat trump _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5349%20sfat%20trump%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **88–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thorne — primary (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-30** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-30** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** With amendment, do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 379) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Without recommendation, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Floor 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. 451) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** 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 amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 712)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 505)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **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** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 7, 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/b4e594e9-a8f3-46a4-a7ec-ed2b0c2850a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).