---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to recovery residences"
description: "Relating to recovery residences"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "West Virginia SB 475 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22ae5e4e-98ce-4462-abc2-5d773446c4fa"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=475&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5e2c5b7cd22125c180ac2a97c1aa6f5cb3de7aad18561d1692204ba7babed50e"
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 475 (2024) — Relating to recovery residences

## 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=sb475%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=475)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb475%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=475)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb475%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=475)
4. **sb475 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb475%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb475 hfat fast 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb475%20hfat%20fast%203-8%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 82) `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **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`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 661) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 478)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 212, 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/22ae5e4e-98ce-4462-abc2-5d773446c4fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).