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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing local government monitoring by Auditor"
+description: "Establishing local government monitoring by Auditor"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 479"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 479 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Municipalities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gaunch"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-02-05"
+last_action: "2018-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d57dae33-55a9-4563-b25e-821d932d48dd"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=479&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "d1c523191ec3d75cdf04a53a8adde3b6266c08bbd4290e375105b5589f80f527"
+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 479 (2018) — Establishing local government monitoring by Auditor
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB479%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=479)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB479%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=479)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gaunch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2018-02-05** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-02-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-09** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-15** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-16** On 1st reading
+- **2018-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-19** On 2nd reading
+- **2018-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-20** On 3rd reading
+- **2018-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 158) `passage`
+- **2018-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 158)
+- **2018-02-20** Ordered to House
+- **2018-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2018-02-21** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-21** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-27** Do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2018-02-27** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-03** Do pass
+- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 373) `passage`
+- **2018-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 374)
+- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2018-03-08** House Message received
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
+- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
+- **2018-04-23** Chapter 102, 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/d57dae33-55a9-4563-b25e-821d932d48dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+