---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing WV Agritourism Commission"
description: "Establishing WV Agritourism Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 690"
citation: "West Virginia SB 690 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f431ae7a-6ba4-484c-b1d2-247ca50459d9"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=690&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "082fd7bbc7052023a5e6c66684bd64793d22ad9dc57065f67da8383dc0b6cc08"
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 690 (2024) — Establishing WV Agritourism Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb690%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=690)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb690%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=690)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb690%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=690)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb690%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=690)
5. **sb690 sfa maynard am _2 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb690%20sfa%20maynard%20am%20_2%202-20%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **81–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-07** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-02-20** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/20/2024 with right to amend
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 195) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-22** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Do pass
- **2024-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 574) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 4, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f431ae7a-6ba4-484c-b1d2-247ca50459d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).