---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "West Virginia SB 237 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ac5b2a5-cc00-4d5f-b2c8-7cc2202b06db"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=237&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9fbcdd0a36b8ee18531e66bab0b2f67ea5f4864a2415e9959bff3ee08fdbfd7a"
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 237 (2018) — Authorizing Department of Revenue 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=SB237%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=237)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB237%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=237)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB237%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=237)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB237%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=237)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **92–5** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–1** (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 Finance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-01-31** On 3rd reading
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 37) `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Effective from passage (Roll No. 37)
- **2018-01-31** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 188) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 189)
- **2018-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-26** House Message received
- **2018-02-26** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 185)
- **2018-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 185)
- **2018-02-26** Communicated to House
- **2018-02-26** Completed legislative action
- **2018-02-27** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-02** To Governor 3/2/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-03** To Governor 3/2/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-03** To Governor 3/2/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/6/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/6/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 146, 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/1ac5b2a5-cc00-4d5f-b2c8-7cc2202b06db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).