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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules"
+description: "Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 163"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 163 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-11"
+last_action: "2018-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b5e25bf-1581-4134-ae38-6094d41e126b"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=163&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "039a184b9fa8413d40353fb06a401ba9e8259ccd8cbfff568cbeca9efdeb08e9"
+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 163 (2018) — Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB163%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=163)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB163%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=163)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB163%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=163)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB163%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=163)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **88–8** (pass) · legislature
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–3** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maynard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2018-01-11** To Energy, Industry and Mining then Judiciary
+- **2018-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-01-11** To Energy, Industry and Mining
+- **2018-01-17** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-23** Committee substitute reported
+- **2018-01-24** On 1st reading
+- **2018-01-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-25** On 2nd reading
+- **2018-01-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-26** On 3rd reading
+- **2018-01-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-01-26** Laid over on 3rd reading 1/26/18
+- **2018-01-29** Laid over on 3rd reading 1/29/18
+- **2018-01-30** Unanimous consent to amend
+- **2018-01-30** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
+- **2018-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 29) `passage`
+- **2018-01-30** Effective from passage (Roll No. 29)
+- **2018-01-30** Ordered to House
+- **2018-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2018-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-13** Do pass
+- **2018-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 126) `passage`
+- **2018-02-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 127)
+- **2018-02-16** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-02-16** Completed legislative action
+- **2018-02-19** House Message received
+- **2018-02-21** To Governor 2/21/18 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-02-22** To Governor 2/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 - House Journal
+- **2018-04-23** Chapter 141, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b5e25bf-1581-4134-ae38-6094d41e126b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+