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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sale of homemade food items"
description: "Relating to sale of homemade food items"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "West Virginia SB 44 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66d3ca51-128e-47a5-bfed-a6b926e844ff"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=44&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d7ea91940e2cdbd41207cc7878aa3dd1e0f84a3ff625a1262b668b2cd6964419"
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 44 (2026) — Relating to sale of homemade food items
## 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=sb44%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=44)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb44%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=44)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb44%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=44)
4. **sb44 h hhr am _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb44%20h%20hhr%20am%20_1%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb44 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb44%20h%20hhr%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb44 hfa leavitt 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb44%20hfa%20leavitt%203-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb44 hfa leavitt 3-11 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb44%20hfa%20leavitt%203-11%20_2%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb44 hfat worrell 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb44%20hfat%20worrell%203-12%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **331** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rucker — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 235) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-27** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-13** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-13** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 512) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 641)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 76, 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/66d3ca51-128e-47a5-bfed-a6b926e844ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).