---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Department of Commerce promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing Department of Commerce promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 223"
citation: "West Virginia SB 223 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a82ce387-324b-4eff-8ee4-7c66b7e3a8a6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=223&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0ee844700b583784abb7bbce3eafc39df7ff670a7418bfdd68f1344eae6c50db"
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 223 (2019) — Authorizing Department of Commerce 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=SB223%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=223)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB223%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=223)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB223%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=223)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB223%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=223)
5. **SB223 SFA _1 TRUMP 1-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB223 SFA _1 TRUMP 1-23 adopted.htm)
6. **SB223 SFAT _1 TRUMP 1-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB223 SFAT _1 TRUMP 1-23 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **100–0** (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`
- **2019-01-21** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-01-22** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** On 2nd reading
- **2019-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-23** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-01-24** On 3rd reading
- **2019-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-24** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 25) `passage`
- **2019-01-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 25)
- **2019-01-24** Ordered to House
- **2019-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-25** To Energy then Judiciary
- **2019-01-25** To House Energy `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2019-02-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Do pass
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 450) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 451)
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-06** House Message received
- **2019-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 367)
- **2019-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 367)
- **2019-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 165, 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/a82ce387-324b-4eff-8ee4-7c66b7e3a8a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).