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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allowing designation of tourism development districts"
+description: "Allowing designation of tourism development districts"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 657"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 657 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Economic Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-30"
+last_action: "2020-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfef8c8a-95f1-4051-87e7-c70bc459a225"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=657&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "55d07f7a842aa75cc401a62f69a8cee91d91576b730e32cafe6c6d16a12e2281"
+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 SB 657 (2020) — Allowing designation of tourism development districts
+
+## 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=SB657%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=657)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB657%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=657)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB657%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=657)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB657%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=657)
+5. **SB657 HFIN AM 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB657 HFIN AM 2-18 adopted.htm)
+6. **SB657 SFA RUCKER 2-9 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB657 SFA RUCKER 2-9 _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **SB657 SFAT _1 RUCKER 2-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB657 SFAT _1 RUCKER 2-9 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **88–11** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **21–12** (pass) · upper
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–6** (pass) · lower
+- HFA DOYLE 2-22 — **13–80** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+- Blair — cosponsor (person)
+- Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
+- Trump — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-30** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-01-30** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute reported
+- **2020-02-07** On 1st reading
+- **2020-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-10** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-10** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-11** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 112) `passage`
+- **2020-02-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 113)
+- **2020-02-11** Ordered to House
+- **2020-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-02-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-19** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-21** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-21** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 290) `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-02-21** Amendment ruled not germane
+- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 293) `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 294)
+- **2020-02-24** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-25** House Message received
+- **2020-02-25** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 247)
+- **2020-02-25** Senate rejects effective date (Roll No. 248)
+- **2020-02-25** Communicated to House
+- **2020-02-25** Effective ninety days from passage
+- **2020-02-25** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-02-26** House received Senate message
+- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-04-14** Chapter 160, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfef8c8a-95f1-4051-87e7-c70bc459a225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+