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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products"
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description: "Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 985"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 985 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thorne"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-18"
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last_action: "2026-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cb6e58-156c-4266-91b1-b65f32e2db75"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=985&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "dc30001b585e5e96617df8f6cb86c30cb84a4a0b43dc34ccdd8d65280160fe74"
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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 SB 985 (2026) — Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products
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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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb985%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=985)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb985%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=985)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb985%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=985)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Thorne — primary (person)
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- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-18** To Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-18** To Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Committee substitute reported
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- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 348) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Ordered to House
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- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-03-11** Do pass, but first to Finance
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- **2026-03-11** 2nd reference dispensed
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- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 615) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-14** House Message received
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- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-24** Chapter 5, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
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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/b6cb6e58-156c-4266-91b1-b65f32e2db75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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