---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repealing certain legislative rules no longer authorized or are obsolete"
description: "Repealing certain legislative rules no longer authorized or are obsolete"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "West Virginia SB 240 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f84ab0b3-8f72-4e5a-b3b1-7f58f7823dcf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=240&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "948e56f2b1d9efef646d5c073d5ea97c48958cf76116038a83c7758250f4852d"
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 240 (2019) — Repealing certain legislative rules no longer authorized or are obsolete

## 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=SB240%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=240)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB240%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=240)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB240%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=240)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (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`
- **2019-01-17** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-01-18** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-21** On 2nd reading
- **2019-01-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-22** On 3rd reading
- **2019-01-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 18) `passage`
- **2019-01-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 18)
- **2019-01-22** Ordered to House
- **2019-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-06** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/7/19
- **2019-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** Amendments pending
- **2019-02-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-08** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2019-02-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** Passed House (Roll No. 99) `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 100)
- **2019-02-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-11** House Message received
- **2019-02-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 102)
- **2019-02-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 102)
- **2019-02-11** Communicated to House
- **2019-02-11** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-12** House received Senate message
- **2019-02-15** To Governor 2/15/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-18** To Governor 2/15/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-18** To Governor 2/15/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-19** Approved by Governor 2/19/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/19/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/19/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 166, 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/f84ab0b3-8f72-4e5a-b3b1-7f58f7823dcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).