--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets" description: "Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets" jurisdiction: "us/states/wv" legislature: "West Virginia Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 2054" citation: "West Virginia HB 2054 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Clark, W."] version_count: 7 action_count: 57 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-02-12" last_action: "2025-07-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d3c566d-3609-4468-a07d-723ef8fe785b" source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2054&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill" source_hash: "dac89e1463e326330c129f3f13ace578046c85750024bb57a0b30d0b1fa88205" 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 2054 (2025) — Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets ## 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=hb2054%20sub.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2054) 2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2054%20sub2.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2054) 3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2054%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2054) 4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2054%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2054) 5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2054%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2054) 6. **hb2054 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2054%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm) 7. **hb2054 sfat stuart _1 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2054%20sfat%20stuart%20_1%204-10%20adopted.htm) ## Votes - Passage — **22–12** (pass) · upper - TABLE EFFECT Jul 01, 2025 — **62–36** (pass) · lower - EFFECT Jul 01, 2025 — **56–44** (fail) · lower - PASSAGE — **58–42** (pass) · lower - EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **65–33** (fail) · lower - PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **71–27** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Clark, W. — primary (person) - Masters — cosponsor (person) - Maynor — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing` - **2025-02-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee` - **2025-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction` - **2025-02-12** To House Government Organization `referral-committee` - **2025-02-13** To House Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism `referral-committee` - **2025-02-25** To House Government Organization `referral-committee` - **2025-03-04** By substitute, do pass - **2025-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar - **2025-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1` - **2025-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar - **2025-03-06** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/7/2025 - **2025-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar - **2025-03-07** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/10/2025 - **2025-03-10** Placed on House Calendar - **2025-03-11** On 2nd reading, House Calendar - **2025-04-01** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar - **2025-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-03-31** Amendment reported by the Clerk - **2025-03-31** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure` - **2025-04-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar - **2025-04-01** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 4/2/2025 - **2025-04-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar - **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-02** Passed House (Roll No. 341) `passage` - **2025-04-02** Effective date rejected (Roll No. 342) - **2025-04-02** Communicated to Senate - **2025-04-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction` - **2025-04-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-04-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-04-08** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-04-08** Immediate consideration - **2025-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1` - **2025-04-08** On second reading, rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-04-09** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage` - **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading - **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) - **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading - **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 466) `passage` - **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted - **2025-04-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 476) - **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur - **2025-04-12** House received Senate message - **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 634) - **2025-04-12** Motion to change effective date to July 1, 2025 tabled (Roll No. 640) - **2025-04-12** Effective date rejected (Roll No. 641) - **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate - **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action - **2025-04-12** House Message received - **2025-04-15** To Governor 4/15/2025 `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 `executive-signature` - **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature` - **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature` - **2025-07-21** Chapter 12, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d3c566d-3609-4468-a07d-723ef8fe785b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).