---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing requirement for counties to draft and adopt zoning ordinances"
description: "Removing requirement for counties to draft and adopt zoning ordinances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 530"
citation: "West Virginia SB 530 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f7fd03e-52af-416d-8a36-ecb5890ea5fb"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=530&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2569a3483feac39246595adc2d470b75b62cb7190d719f694c147ccfc4131fdf"
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 530 (2024) — Removing requirement for counties to draft and adopt zoning ordinances

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb530%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=530)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb530%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=530)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2024-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 135) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** 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. 553) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 65, 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/4f7fd03e-52af-416d-8a36-ecb5890ea5fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).