---
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: "2020"
identifier: "SB 323"
citation: "West Virginia SB 323 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad4b060b-a675-4791-abe7-3d998db8c0b1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=323&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8dcfe4b5db15c8155dbc582483ade3300c91186954f512a514f1116f3f52a3d2"
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 323 (2020) — 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=SB323%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=323)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB323%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=323)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB323%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=323)
4. **SB323 HFA SHOTT 1-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB323 HFA SHOTT 1-28 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-17** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-20** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 13) `passage`
- **2020-01-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 13)
- **2020-01-21** Ordered to House
- **2020-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Do pass
- **2020-01-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** House further considered bill
- **2020-01-28** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed House (Roll No. 52) `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 53)
- **2020-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-30** House Message received
- **2020-01-30** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 46)
- **2020-01-30** Effective from passage (Roll No. 46)
- **2020-01-30** Communicated to House
- **2020-01-30** Completed legislative action
- **2020-01-31** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-04** To Governor 2/4/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-05** To Governor 2/4/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-05** To Governor 2/4/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-10** Approved by Governor 2/10/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-11** Approved by Governor 2/10/20 - House Journal
- **2020-02-11** Approved by Governor 2/10/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 205, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad4b060b-a675-4791-abe7-3d998db8c0b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).