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---
type: "Bill"
title: "To exclude fentanyl test strips from the definition of drug paraphernalia"
description: "To exclude fentanyl test strips from the definition of drug paraphernalia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4373"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4373 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rohrbach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f631c256-86c5-4af6-b589-00594170240f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4373&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c45f0443bf36d1d9e8ba43855bd9ca65e5a723b8aea989ed79353fad3262d205"
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 4373 (2022) — To exclude fentanyl test strips from the definition of drug paraphernalia
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4373%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4373)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4373%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4373)
3. **HB4373 S JUD AM _ 1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4373 S JUD AM _ 1 3-8 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4373 S JUD AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4373 S JUD AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4373%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4373)
## Votes
- Passage — **331** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rohrbach — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-25** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-25** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 334) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 449) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 604)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** To Governor 3/24/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 60, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f631c256-86c5-4af6-b589-00594170240f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).