republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/hb-5294.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising state law regulating farm wineries"
description: "Revising state law regulating farm wineries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5294"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5294 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Liquors and Beers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clark, W."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/428469cf-b5ce-468d-8d3d-5bd61176b047"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5294&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0c4c32a5470e154f9439f87139d3586b87ab63c873c387d29b2ac621977c817b"
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 5294 (2024) — Revising state law regulating farm wineries

## 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=hb5294%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5294)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5294%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5294)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5294%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5294)
4. **hb5294 hfat phillips 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5294%20hfat%20phillips%203-8%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5294 sfa trump _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5294%20sfa%20trump%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5294 sfat trump _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5294%20sfat%20trump%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT May 01, 2024 — **73–20** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **77–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clark, W. — primary (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** To Economic Development and Tourism then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** To House Economic Development and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 206) `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-03-05** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/5/2024 with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Judiciary committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-06** Trump floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 395) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Judiciary committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-06** Trump title amendment adopted
- **2024-03-06** Effective May 1, 2024 (Roll No. 395)
- **2024-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 761)
- **2024-03-09** Effective May 1, 2024 (Roll No. 762)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 527)
- **2024-03-09** Effective May 1, 2024 (Roll No. 527)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 9, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/428469cf-b5ce-468d-8d3d-5bd61176b047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).