---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agritourism activities; adds horseback riding to definition."
description: "Agritourism activities; horseback riding andstabling. Adds horseback riding or stabling to the definitionof \"agritourism activity.\" Agritourism activities have limited liabilityfor the inherent risks of the activity under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Virginia SB 24 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-11-18"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f54fac-6478-48f0-889d-0fdb7c0c0c33"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB24"
source_hash: "ca9461bef4e9cc346bc475fd70de40ff5d21aed28096428d9c599828a9851872"
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-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 24 (2020) — Agritourism activities; adds horseback riding to definition.

Agritourism activities; horseback riding andstabling. Adds horseback riding or stabling to the definitionof "agritourism activity." Agritourism activities have limited liabilityfor the inherent risks of the activity under certain conditions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0411)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0411)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB24ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB24ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB24E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB24E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB24)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB24)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-11-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100596D `introduction`
- **2019-11-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB24)
- **2020-01-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-17** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-01-17** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-01-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB24E
- **2020-01-17** Printed as engrossed 20100596D-E
- **2020-01-20** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB24E)
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99--Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB24ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 411 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7f54fac-6478-48f0-889d-0fdb7c0c0c33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).