---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying powers and duties of Commissioner of Agriculture over state-owned land"
description: "Clarifying powers and duties of Commissioner of Agriculture over state-owned land"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1033"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1033 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thorne"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-20"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4656275d-363a-4a2a-ae9c-5cf7c18fc2c7"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1033&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c9fd5d8ec5cc3306ac94fac55ede4418ef9891a6ed959212d0c79f7c4c344c9f"
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 1033 (2026) — Clarifying powers and duties of Commissioner of Agriculture over state-owned land

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1033%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1033)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1033%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1033)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1033%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1033)
4. **sb1033 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb1033%20h%20go%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb1033 sfa rucker _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb1033%20sfa%20rucker%20_1%203-2%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **73–22** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thorne — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-03** Having been read 3rd time 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-03** Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 304) `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 621) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate refused to concur; requested House to recede (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House receded and passed (Roll No. 687)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-24** Chapter 6, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4656275d-363a-4a2a-ae9c-5cf7c18fc2c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).