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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Authorizing public schools to distribute excess food to students"
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description: "Authorizing public schools to distribute excess food to students"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 4478"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4478 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lovejoy"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-02-08"
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last_action: "2018-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0de376ad-a8c6-462a-8922-f0d4f104900d"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4478&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "f0e7498212c638d1907ff5eb0136184f6ee9869d588fc45380ebc4d13a4e2923"
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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 4478 (2018) — Authorizing public schools to distribute excess food to students
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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=HB4478%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4478)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4478%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4478)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4478%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4478)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–1** (pass) · legislature
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- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Lovejoy — primary (person)
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- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
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- Canestraro — cosponsor (person)
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- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
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- Isner — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller, R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
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- Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2018-02-08** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2018-02-08** To House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-16** By substitute, do pass
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- **2018-02-16** 2nd reference dispensed
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- **2018-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 183) `passage`
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- **2018-02-21** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-02-22** House Message received
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- **2018-02-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-02-22** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-22** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-03** On 1st reading
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- **2018-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-05** On 2nd reading
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- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2018-03-06** On 3rd reading
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- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 366) `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2018-03-07** House received Senate message
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- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 360)
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- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
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- **2018-03-08** House Message received
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- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-15** To Governor 3/15/18 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
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- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
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- **2018-04-17** Chapter 75, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
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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/0de376ad-a8c6-462a-8922-f0d4f104900d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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