WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
ENROLLED
House Bill 4793
BY DELEGATES SMITH, HORNBY, ZATEZALO, RILEY,
HARDY, PHILLIPS, MCGEEHAN, CHIARELLI,
FEHRENBACHER, BRIDGES, AND WESTFALL
[Passed March 9, 2024; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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1 AN ACT to amend and reenact §60-6-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating
2 to allowing a person to manufacture a stated amount of alcoholic liquor for personal
3 consumption.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
§60-6-10. Unlawful operation of plant manufacturing distilled spirits; exception for personal consumption.
1 (a) A person who unlawfully owns, operates, or maintains a plant for the manufacture of
2 distilled spirits, or aids or abets in the operation or maintenance of such a plant shall be guilty of
3 a felony and, upon conviction shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or confined
4 in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years.
5 (b) Notwithstanding the restriction of subsection (a) of this section, a person at least 21
6 years of age may manufacture alcoholic liquor for personal or family use. The aggregate amount
7 of alcoholic liquor manufactured per household may not exceed 10 gallons per calendar year, if
8 there are two or more persons over the age of 21 years, or 5 gallons per calendar year, if there is
9 only one person over the age of 21 years in the household. Any alcoholic liquor manufactured
10 under this section may not be sold or offered for sale.
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The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Clerk of the House of Delegates
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Clerk of the Senate Originated in the House of Delegates.
In effect ninety days from passage.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
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President of the Senate __________
The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2024.
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Governor
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 60-6-10
Enrolled Version: 60-6-10