---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the state’s ability to regulate hemp"
description: "Relating to the state’s ability to regulate hemp"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2694"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2694 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0491867b-0681-46ae-8539-0708ee653475"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2694&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "10ea40a3bbf8fca817894ed3bb7229a1ec0b317d582b80ee7d2d8a168a7b61b5"
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 2694 (2019) — Relating to the state’s ability to regulate hemp

## 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=HB2694%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2694)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2694%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2694)
3. **HB2694 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2694 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2694 S JUD AMT _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2694 S JUD AMT _1 3-5 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2694%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2694)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Cadle — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-28** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2019-02-13** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 286) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-26** House Message received
- **2019-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 479) `passage`
- **2019-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 700)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 13, 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/0491867b-0681-46ae-8539-0708ee653475`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).