---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting retail sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays after 1 p.m."
description: "Permitting retail sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays after 1 p.m."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2481"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2481 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67f38496-ed91-416a-b664-d288cceaec99"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2481&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8876854e449546e21b0d3e168e4bc0ae4fb801f7fabf864c1910ee70a5fcff92"
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 HB 2481 (2019) — Permitting retail sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays after 1 p.m.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2481%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2481)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2481%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2481)
3. **HB2481 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2481 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2481 S JUD AMT _1 2-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2481 S JUD AMT _1 2-12 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2481%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2481)

## Votes

- Passage — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **86–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Pyles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 93) `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 94)
- **2019-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-08** House Message received
- **2019-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 154) `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Effective from passage (Roll No. 155)
- **2019-02-18** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-02-19** House received Senate message
- **2019-02-19** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 210)
- **2019-02-19** Effective from passage (Roll No. 211)
- **2019-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-19** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-20** House Message received
- **2019-02-22** To Governor 2/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-22** To Governor 2/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-22** To Governor 2/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/28/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/28/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/28/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 18, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67f38496-ed91-416a-b664-d288cceaec99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).