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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products"
description: "Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 985"
citation: "West Virginia SB 985 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thorne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cb6e58-156c-4266-91b1-b65f32e2db75"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=985&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dc30001b585e5e96617df8f6cb86c30cb84a4a0b43dc34ccdd8d65280160fe74"
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 SB 985 (2026) — Relating to registration and enforcement of kratom products
## 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=sb985%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=985)
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)
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)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **950** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Thorne — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-18** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 348) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-11** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2026-03-11** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 615) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-24** Chapter 5, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
## Source
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).