---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing safeguards for online sales of tobacco products"
description: "Providing safeguards for online sales of tobacco products"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 755"
citation: "West Virginia SB 755 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fb42a28-f395-4992-b7d4-6cafa2604ce4"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=755&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f670f3bfc7ccf9380a0ebd86728c13feefd3071357bb979b5d797cfc047da3c6"
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 755 (2024) — Providing safeguards for online sales of tobacco products

## 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=sb755%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=755)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb755%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=755)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb755%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=755)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb755%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=755)
5. **sb755 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb755%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb755 hfat kirby 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb755%20hfat%20kirby%203-8%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb755 sfa stuart _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb755%20sfa%20stuart%20_1%202-27%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb755 sfat stuart _1 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb755%20sfat%20stuart%20_1%202-26%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 296) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-28** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **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** 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. 682) `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. 493)
- **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 3/27/2024 `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 216, 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/1fb42a28-f395-4992-b7d4-6cafa2604ce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).