---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to Administrative Procedures Act"
description: "Relating generally to Administrative Procedures Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "West Virginia SB 522 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b30e2a05-da93-4d3f-bfe5-dcec49880737"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=522&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "18ba3e91a953d34babf9fd6b74f55b97a5ede4641b47150370b2ead018e1e52f"
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 522 (2018) — Relating generally to Administrative Procedures Act

## 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=SB522%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=522)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB522%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=522)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB522%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=522)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–4** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 170) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Do pass
- **2018-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 352) `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-07** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate 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 103, 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/b30e2a05-da93-4d3f-bfe5-dcec49880737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).