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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules"
+description: "Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4245"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4245 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith, D."]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fb593a8-4ee3-4da7-9e21-8665289bb587"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4245&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "88f1dab743085396f749e3a2e19b478a1e3bb1f0ea7c8d81852e50524b4856f9"
+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 HB 4245 (2026) — Authorizing Certain Agencies of the Department of Revenue 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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4245%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4245)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4245%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4245)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4245%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4245)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4245%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4245)
+5. **hb4245 sfa barrett _2 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4245%20sfa%20barrett%20_2%203-14%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb4245 sfat barrett _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4245%20sfat%20barrett%20_1%203-11%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **94–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith, D. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 234) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 235)
+- **2026-03-02** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment reported
+- **2026-03-12** Deferred until foot of 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading with right to amend, com. amendment pending
+- **2026-03-13** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/13/2026 with right to amend, com. amend. pending
+- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-14** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2026-03-14** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 695) `passage`
+- **2026-03-14** Title amendment adopted
+- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 696)
+- **2026-03-14** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 706)
+- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 707)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 219, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fb593a8-4ee3-4da7-9e21-8665289bb587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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