---
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).