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legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-409.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules"
+description: "Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 409"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 409 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-20"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e5f12db-0cae-41ee-a85f-3c5e57a25b77"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=409&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "940f297c8fcb6b6f5dda1c7b3f66d0397e23ffd19c1f32ba01e24874e7811bf0"
+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 409 (2023) — Authorizing Department of Commerce 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=sb409%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=409)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb409%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=409)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb409%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=409)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (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`
+- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute reported
+- **2023-02-10** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 180) `passage`
+- **2023-02-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 180)
+- **2023-02-14** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Do pass
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 653) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 654)
+- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - 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 202, 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/1e5f12db-0cae-41ee-a85f-3c5e57a25b77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+