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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to possession of any controlled substance on the premises of or within 200 feet of a public library"
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description: "Relating to possession of any controlled substance on the premises of or within 200 feet of a public library"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 4544"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4544 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Municipalities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Waxman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-01-27"
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last_action: "2020-04-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3e3511e-37f3-4e42-bd24-e4ebf0d772c5"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4544&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "8b4d1f8c45d1479b662cdcddfcdc12032797779d834b637bb19f983b2c9eb646"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 4544 (2020) — Relating to possession of any controlled substance on the premises of or within 200 feet of a public library
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4544%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4544)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4544%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4544)
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3. **HB4544 S JUD AMT _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4544 S JUD AMT _1 2-27 adopted.htm)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4544%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4544)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **69–22** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **77–21** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Waxman — primary (person)
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- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
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- Brown, N. — cosponsor (person)
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- Fast — cosponsor (person)
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- Foster — cosponsor (person)
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- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- Kump — cosponsor (person)
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- Miley — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Queen — cosponsor (person)
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- Steele — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2020-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2020-01-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-07** By substitute, do pass
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- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 154) `passage`
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- **2020-02-12** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading
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- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 404) `passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2020-03-03** House received Senate message
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- **2020-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 476)
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- **2020-03-03** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-03-03** Completed legislative action
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- **2020-03-04** House Message received
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-12** To Governor 3/12/20 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
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- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-04-15** Chapter 57, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3e3511e-37f3-4e42-bd24-e4ebf0d772c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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