---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "West Virginia SB 157 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60e33755-1de0-49d4-8eaa-d1cea88eef54"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=157&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "579a92950746add729247fc48da082a94178f1df01fd591e4622177daab67f91"
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 157 (2019) — Authorizing Department of Administration 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=SB157%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=157)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB157%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=157)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB157%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=157)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-04** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 82) `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 82)
- **2019-02-06** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2019-02-18** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Do pass
- **2019-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 392) `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 393)
- **2019-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-01** House Message received
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/8/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/8/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 159, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60e33755-1de0-49d4-8eaa-d1cea88eef54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).