republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-475.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Industrial Hemp Development Act	Industrial Hemp Development Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 475	West Virginia SB 475 (2018)	bill	Agriculture	enacted	Woelfel	3	37	2	2018-02-02	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/a126345d-f352-4b73-98a6-5d18aafc04d5	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=475&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	9ae63e638640ed5e99d325e17e954d5e653fb28d2a6413cc65e843856032d6e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 475 (2018) — Industrial Hemp Development Act

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–1 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Woelfel — primary (person)
• Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
• Beach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-02 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-02-02 To Agriculture and Rural Development referral-committee
• 2018-02-02 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-02-02 To Agriculture and Rural Development referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Committee substitute reported
• 2018-02-16 On 1st reading
• 2018-02-16 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-19 On 2nd reading
• 2018-02-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 On 3rd reading
• 2018-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 157) passage
• 2018-02-20 Ordered to House
• 2018-02-21 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-21 To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 To House Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary committee-passage
• 2018-02-27 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-03 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2018-03-05 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-06 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
• 2018-03-07 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Passed House (Roll No. 372) passage
• 2018-03-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-07 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-08 House Message received
• 2018-03-20 To Governor 3/20/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
• 2018-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-04-23 Chapter 9, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a126345d-f352-4b73-98a6-5d18aafc04d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).