---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting development of opioid treatment program if part of clinical trial and approved by institutional review board"
description: "Permitting development of opioid treatment program if part of clinical trial and approved by institutional review board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20242S"
identifier: "SB 2028"
citation: "West Virginia SB 2028 (20242S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-09-30"
last_action: "2024-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a73346e6-e6dc-469c-88d6-93c9b0649a77"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2028&year=2024&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0347d86b6f2ea9a377caec4ddf9a8d024063445d8800786421cdf01a870b78b8"
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 2028 (20242S) — Permitting development of opioid treatment program if part of clinical trial and approved by institutional review board

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2028%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=2028)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2028%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=2028)
3. **sb2028 hfa akers and winzenreid 10-8 _3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/2X/floor_amends/sb2028%20hfa%20akers%20and%20winzenreid%2010-8%20_3%20adopted.htm)
4. **sb2028 hfa heckert 10-8 _3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/2X/floor_amends/sb2028%20hfa%20heckert%2010-8%20_3%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb2028 hfat akers adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/2X/floor_amends/sb2028%20hfat%20akers%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **80–16** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **63–26** (fail) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **68–18** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **50–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-09-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-09-30** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-09-30** Immediate consideration
- **2024-09-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-06** On 2nd reading
- **2024-10-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-10-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 54) `passage`
- **2024-10-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 54)
- **2024-10-07** Ordered to House
- **2024-10-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-10-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-10-08** Immediate consideration
- **2024-10-08** Reference dispensed
- **2024-10-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-08** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 912)
- **2024-10-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-08** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-10-08** Placed at foot of All Senate Messages
- **2024-10-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-10-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-10-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-08** Passed House (Roll No. 956) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-10-08** Effective date rejected (Roll No. 957)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-10-08** House Message received
- **2024-10-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 86)
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 86)
- **2024-10-08** Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date
- **2024-10-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-10-08** House concurred in Senate effective date (Voice)
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 958)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-10-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-10-08** House Message received
- **2024-10-15** To Governor 10/15/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-29** Chapter 32, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary 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/a73346e6-e6dc-469c-88d6-93c9b0649a77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).