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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules"
+description: "Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 256"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 256 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-15"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d8371bb-fc4e-44b4-9ba1-1078da864eac"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=256&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "146ff55eea362fba003cf80502f1778d7dadf9f01435d96c4fb3badead0602a4"
+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 256 (2026) — Authorizing DEP 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=sb256%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=256)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb256%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=256)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb256%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=256)
+4. **sb256 hepw am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb256%20hepw%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+5. **sb256 hfat anderson 2-20 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb256%20hfat%20anderson%202-20%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
+6. **sb256 hfat anderson 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb256%20hfat%20anderson%202-20%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **86–10** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **84–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Committee substitute reported
+- **2026-01-30** On 1st reading
+- **2026-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-02** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/2/2026
+- **2026-02-03** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/3/2026
+- **2026-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-05** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 45) `passage`
+- **2026-02-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 46)
+- **2026-02-05** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-06** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-09** To Energy and Public Works
+- **2026-02-06** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** With amendments, do pass
+- **2026-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-19** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-19** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 137) `passage`
+- **2026-02-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 138)
+- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-23** House Message received
+- **2026-02-23** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 204)
+- **2026-02-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 205)
+- **2026-02-23** Communicated to House
+- **2026-02-23** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-02-24** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-24** To Governor 2/24/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-02-24** To Governor 2/24/2026 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 214, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d8371bb-fc4e-44b4-9ba1-1078da864eac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+