---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing amount of certain controlled substances persons may purchase annually"
description: "Increasing amount of certain controlled substances persons may purchase annually"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 668"
citation: "West Virginia SB 668 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db2bf330-33be-406d-ae8c-c3625a9e648e"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=668&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2c3d19b58488f84c47b54978133c3071273881631df12d576a372a24ab89915c"
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 668 (2024) — Increasing amount of certain controlled substances persons may purchase annually

## 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=sb668%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=668)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb668%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=668)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb668%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=668)
4. **sb668 hfa summers 2-19 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb668%20hfa%20summers%202-19%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **23–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-06** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-06** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-14** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 158) `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-19** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-19** Reference dispensed
- **2024-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-20** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 248) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-23** House Message received
- **2024-02-23** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 217)
- **2024-02-23** Communicated to House
- **2024-02-23** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-26** House received Senate message
- **2024-02-29** To Governor 2/29/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** To Governor 2/29/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 58, 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/db2bf330-33be-406d-ae8c-c3625a9e648e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).