---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing MAPS promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing MAPS promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "West Virginia SB 181 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad92f6b-0465-43c6-bd59-345a504a1239"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=181&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a366fcff468ff91ed611544f54a8cefd88a69eaaf381b0f156ee45bc5c9664fc"
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 181 (2018) — Authorizing MAPS 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=SB181%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=181)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB181%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=181)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB181%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=181)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **95–1** (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`
- **2018-02-01** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-02** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 68) `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 68)
- **2018-02-06** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on House Calender
- **2018-02-27** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Calender
- **2018-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 272) `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 273)
- **2018-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-02** House Message received
- **2018-03-02** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 273)
- **2018-03-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 273)
- **2018-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-03** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 143, 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/6ad92f6b-0465-43c6-bd59-345a504a1239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).