---
type: "Bill"
title: "Informing landowners when fencing that may contain livestock is damaged due to accident"
description: "Informing landowners when fencing that may contain livestock is damaged due to accident"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "West Virginia SB 359 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be808dc9-9e49-4e54-a8e8-a99e91d6e929"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=359&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1f3e66ab7cdbb59eb5ef88b9d5b6b07f6927151367f208031bc98004d5bdf1a0"
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 359 (2021) — Informing landowners when fencing that may contain livestock is damaged due to accident

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB359%20enr.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=359)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB359%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=359)
3. **SB359 HFA GRIFFITH 4-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB359 HFA GRIFFITH 4-5 adopted.htm)
4. **SB359 HFAT GRIFFITH 4-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB359 HFAT GRIFFITH 4-5 adopted.htm)
5. **SB359 SFA _1 TAKUBO 4-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB359 SFA _1 TAKUBO 4-6 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-18** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 62) `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2021-03-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Do pass
- **2021-04-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-05** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2021-04-05** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** Passed House (Roll No. 429) `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-06** House Message received
- **2021-04-06** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 331)
- **2021-04-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-09** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 541)
- **2021-04-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-09** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 267, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be808dc9-9e49-4e54-a8e8-a99e91d6e929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).