---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Agritourism Responsibility Act"
description: "Creating Agritourism Responsibility Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 446"
citation: "West Virginia SB 446 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbe509fe-092f-4681-be99-0add9cc26df8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=446&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d95a1aad2c96fc8fc02a09e147cc76649ec01555d9f7762239c2dcad3f220c68"
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 446 (2018) — Creating Agritourism Responsibility Act

## 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=SB446%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=446)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB446%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=446)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB446%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=446)

## Votes

- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **57–39** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **83–14** (pass) · legislature
- HFA FAST 3-9 #1 — **5–93** (fail) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **88–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-01** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-09** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-12** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 108) `passage`
- **2018-02-13** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-14** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2018-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment pending
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading with restricted right to amend, Special Calender
- **2018-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn (Voice)
- **2018-03-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2018-03-09** Amendment to amendment rejected (Roll No. 463)
- **2018-03-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 464) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 480)
- **2018-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 566)
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-10** Motion for previous question adopted (Voice)
- **2018-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 567) `passage`
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 8, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbe509fe-092f-4681-be99-0add9cc26df8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).