West Virginia Senate Bill 237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 15 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-15 - Chapter 43, Acts, Regular Session, 2015
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to regulate captive cervid farming as an agricultural enterprise in this state. Toward this purpose, the bill describes powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture; provides for rule-making authority; sets forth duties and obligations of the commissioner; provides for an application process; provides for the issuance, renewal, modification, and transfer of a license certificate; provides for inspection of facilities; provides for the transition of current facilities; addresses noncompliance with article and provides for certain criminal penalties and remedies due to noncompliance.

Creating Captive Cervid Farming Act

Sen. Daniel Hall [D]	Sen. Michael Romano [D]	Sen. Herb Snyder [D]	Sen. Douglas Facemire [D]
Sen. Bob Williams [D]

2015-02-13 - Senate - Effective from passage (Roll No. 1) (Y: 29 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-13 - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 1) (Y: 29 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-12 - House - Effective from passage (Roll No. 72) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-12 - House - Passed House (Roll No. 71) (Y: 88 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-30 - Senate - Effective from passage (Roll No. 1) (Y: 28 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-30 - Senate - Passed Senate (Roll No. 1) (Y: 28 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-15	Senate	Chapter 43, Acts, Regular Session, 2015
2015-02-27	House	Approved by Governor 2/25/15 - House Journal
2015-02-26	Senate	Approved by Governor 2/25/15 - Senate Journal
2015-02-25	Senate	Approved by Governor 2/25/15
2015-02-19	House	To Governor 2/19/15 - House Journal
2015-02-19	Senate	To Governor 2/19/15
2015-02-16	House	House received Senate message
2015-02-13	Senate	Completed legislative action
2015-02-13	Senate	Communicated to House
2015-02-13	Senate	Effective from passage (Roll No. 1)
2015-02-13	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 1)
2015-02-13	Senate	House Message received
2015-02-12	House	Communicated to Senate
2015-02-12	House	Effective from passage (Roll No. 72)
2015-02-12	House	Passed House (Roll No. 71)
2015-02-12	House	Read 3rd time
2015-02-12	House	Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2015-02-12	House	Amendment reported by the Clerk
2015-02-12	House	Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
2015-02-12	House	Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
2015-02-12	House	Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2015-02-12	House	Amendment reported by the Clerk
2015-02-12	House	On 3rd reading with restricted right to amend, Daily Calender
2015-02-11	House	Amendments pending
2015-02-11	House	Read 2nd time
2015-02-11	House	On 2nd reading, Daily Calendar
2015-02-10	House	Read 1st time
2015-02-10	House	On 1st reading, Daily Calendar
2015-02-09	House	With amendment, do pass
2015-02-02	House	To House Finance
2015-02-02	House	To Finance
2015-02-02	House	Introduced in House
2015-01-30	Senate	Ordered to House
2015-01-30	Senate	Effective from passage (Roll No. 1)
2015-01-30	Senate	Passed Senate (Roll No. 1)
2015-01-30	Senate	Read 3rd time
2015-01-30	Senate	On 3rd reading
2015-01-29	Senate	Read 2nd time
2015-01-29	Senate	On 2nd reading
2015-01-28	Senate	Read 1st time
2015-01-28	Senate	On 1st reading
2015-01-27	Senate	Committee reference dispensed
2015-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
2015-01-16	Senate	To Agriculture and Rural Development
2015-01-16	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2015-01-16	Senate	To Agriculture and Rural Development then Finance
2015-01-16	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2033 (Similar To) 2015-01-14 - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	29	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	2H	1	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	10	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	11	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	12	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	13	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	14	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	15	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	2	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	3	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	4	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	5	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	6	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	7	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	8	New Code	See Bill Text
19	2H	9	New Code	See Bill Text
20	1	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2	12	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2F	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2F	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2F	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2F	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2F	6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=237&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb237%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=237
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB237%20SUB1.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=237
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB237%20SUB1%20enr.pdf&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=237
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB237%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=237
Roll Call	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2015/RS/votes/senate/01-30-0001.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2015/RS/votes/house/00071.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2015/RS/votes/house/00072.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2015/RS/votes/senate/02-13-0001.pdf