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West VirginiaHB 30002025 Regular SessionHouse

Relating to agency changes and updates to the West Virginia Commercial Feed Law.

Sponsored By: Wayne Clark (Republican)

Signed by Governor

§19-14-2§19-14-5§19-14-10§19-14-14§19-14-17

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Pet food fees fund animal care

Pet food registrants pay an extra $50 per product each year for packages over 10 pounds or bulk sales. The extra fee is $35 per product for packages of 10 pounds or less that are not sold in bulk. The money goes to the West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund, supporting services performed in-state by licensed veterinarians. The law removes the sunset on these fee deposits, making this funding permanent.

New safety rules for animal feed

The law defines feed as animal-consumption materials, including raw materials, ingredients, and finished products, that add nutrition, taste, aroma, or another technical effect. Businesses can call an ingredient “processed” only when its nutrition has not changed from its original form. Sellers cannot distribute adulterated whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, or hulls as commercial feed. West Virginia’s agriculture commissioner can set manufacturing, processing, and packaging rules to protect drug safety and quality in medicated feed. This authority includes adopting federal rules for Type A medicated articles and Type B and Type C medicated feeds.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Wayne Clark

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 218 • No: 9

House vote • 4/12/2025

House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 606)

Yes: 92 • No: 4

Senate vote • 4/10/2025

Passed Senate (Roll No. 437)

Yes: 33 • No: 0

House vote • 3/25/2025

Passed House (Roll No. 184)

Yes: 93 • No: 5

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 13, Acts, Regular Session, 2025

    7/21/2025House

  2. Approved by Governor 4/28/2025

    4/28/2025House

  3. To Governor 4/21/2025

    4/21/2025House

  4. House received Senate message

    4/12/2025House

  5. House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 606)

    4/12/2025House

  6. Communicated to Senate

    4/12/2025House

  7. Completed legislative action

    4/12/2025House

  8. House Message received

    4/12/2025Senate

  9. To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal

    4/12/2025House

  10. To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal

    4/12/2025Senate

  11. Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal

    4/12/2025House

  12. Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal

    4/12/2025Senate

  13. On 3rd reading

    4/10/2025Senate

  14. Read 3rd time

    4/10/2025Senate

  15. Passed Senate (Roll No. 437)

    4/10/2025Senate

  16. Title amendment adopted

    4/10/2025Senate

  17. Senate requests House to concur

    4/10/2025Senate

  18. On 2nd reading

    4/9/2025Senate

  19. Read 2nd time

    4/9/2025Senate

  20. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

    4/9/2025Senate

  21. Reported do pass, with amendment

    4/8/2025Senate

  22. Immediate consideration

    4/8/2025Senate

  23. Read 1st time

    4/8/2025Senate

  24. Introduced in Senate

    3/26/2025Senate

  25. To Government Organization

    3/26/2025Senate

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