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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules"
+description: "Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 356"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 356 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-20"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6f137fd-f5b3-428a-a581-c739f5ce3ec5"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=356&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "334f0b6b1c575834d5829d8f8d34ba62ba805c055a16e182c444e59198206c83"
+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 356 (2023) — Authorizing DOT to 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=sb356%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=356)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb356%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=356)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb356%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=356)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb356%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=356)
+5. **sb356 sfa trump 1-26 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb356 sfa trump 1-26 _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **sb356 sfat trump 1-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb356 sfat trump 1-26 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Woodrum — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute reported
+- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading
+- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-01-30** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/30/2023
+- **2023-01-31** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/31/2023
+- **2023-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-01** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-02** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 122) `passage`
+- **2023-02-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 122)
+- **2023-02-02** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-04** Do pass
+- **2023-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 553) `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 554)
+- **2023-03-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-09** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 200, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6f137fd-f5b3-428a-a581-c739f5ce3ec5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+