---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia"
description: "Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 269"
citation: "West Virginia SB 269 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f2e4c49-7576-43db-9b88-9271d5ab01ba"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=269&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ab1b1bf3b07692d569b1d16cd47479426a319ccb64648f55cb5b607e15564666"
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 269 (2024) — Excluding test strips from definition of drug paraphernalia

## 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=sb269%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=269)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb269%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=269)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb269%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=269)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deeds — primary (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-18** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 48) `passage`
- **2024-01-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 48)
- **2024-01-23** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-24** Immediate consideration
- **2024-01-24** Reference dispensed
- **2024-01-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-26** Passed House (Roll No. 42) `passage`
- **2024-01-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 43)
- **2024-01-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-01-26** Completed legislative action
- **2024-01-29** House Message received
- **2024-01-30** To Governor 1/30/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-01-31** To Governor 1/30/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-01** To Governor 1/30/2029 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-02** Approved by Governor 2/2/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-05** Approved by Governor 2/2/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-06** Approved by Governor 2/2/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 57, 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/3f2e4c49-7576-43db-9b88-9271d5ab01ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).