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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to rule-making authority of Ethics Commission"
+description: "Relating to rule-making authority of Ethics Commission"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 482"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 482 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Ethics"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-17"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f9b209b-7974-4b7a-9a7a-ff94bbf62feb"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=482&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "9467cf9224b62535ec77c049bec169556203c79e3e297b1ea43f620a5078e905"
+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 482 (2024) — Relating to rule-making authority of Ethics Commission
+
+## 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=sb482%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=482)
+2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb482%20sub2.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=482)
+3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb482%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=482)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb482%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=482)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Woodrum — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-17** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-01-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-26** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
+- **2024-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-24** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
+- **2024-02-24** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-26** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-27** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 281) `passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Ordered to House
+- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-02-29** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** Do pass
+- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 662) `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-09** House Message received
+- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-23** Chapter 143, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f9b209b-7974-4b7a-9a7a-ff94bbf62feb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+