---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to distribution of drugs to safety net providers and contract pharmacies"
description: "Relating to distribution of drugs to safety net providers and contract pharmacies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "West Virginia SB 325 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca11974-5201-4af1-8026-37c6731fc5c4"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=325&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "938e3b0786419ddf75a5aba8815d10d386ec8fc589be54a1bd3cea3198326d8a"
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 325 (2024) — Relating to distribution of drugs to safety net providers and contract pharmacies

## 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=sb325%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=325)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb325%20sub2.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=325)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb325%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=325)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb325%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=325)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — **14–83** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-12** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-05** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 102) `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Do pass
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 654) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Effective date of January 1, 2025 rejected (Roll No. 655)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 93, 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/3ca11974-5201-4af1-8026-37c6731fc5c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).