---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act"
description: "Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3503"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3503 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornby"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-24"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b075023f-a6d0-4170-8558-cb44594e6740"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3503&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "34ac99a6cdbbbc873b8e744ff6577da9c151a3de8370ae98fe47f0169224e7ed"
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 3503 (2025) — Relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of commercial horticulture under the Water Pollution Control Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3503%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3503)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3503%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3503)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3503%20org.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3503)
4. **hb3503 s jud am _1 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3503%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%204-9%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb3503 sfa rucker _1 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3503%20sfa%20rucker%20_1%204-10%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb3503 sfa rucker _2 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3503%20sfa%20rucker%20_2%204-10%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb3503 sfat rucker _1 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3503%20sfat%20rucker%20_1%204-11%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **84–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hornby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Originating in House Energy and Public Works
- **2025-03-24** Do pass
- **2025-03-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Passed House (Roll No. 224) `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-03-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-29** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** 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`
- **2025-04-10** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2025-04-10** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
- **2025-04-11** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 509) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted
- **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. 582)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** Chapter 118, 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/b075023f-a6d0-4170-8558-cb44594e6740`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).