---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "West Virginia SB 154 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fcb8c19-fbe0-45f8-8c7f-95010275c5e9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=154&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0f5f83026a8a4652501d0a058bdb73af9aef03a4fa83bfa35f7efbfddaa222bc"
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 154 (2018) — Authorizing Department of Administration 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=SB154%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=154)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB154%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=154)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB154%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=154)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **92–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-01-17** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-19** On 3rd reading
- **2018-01-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 2) `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Effective from passage (Roll No. 2)
- **2018-01-19** Ordered to House
- **2018-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Do pass
- **2018-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 109) `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Effective from passage (Roll No. 110)
- **2018-02-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-15** Completed legislative action
- **2018-02-16** House Message received
- **2018-02-21** To Governor 2/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-22** To Governor 2/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 140, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fcb8c19-fbe0-45f8-8c7f-95010275c5e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).