---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 339"
citation: "West Virginia SB 339 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9185ab55-8fce-4512-b028-83c1df408526"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=339&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "60037fba8fee00578046aae3aff1b711c2c50c0a284c750a83c8b895548305f5"
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 339 (2020) — Authorizing DHHR 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=SB339%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=339)
2. **Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 242)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00242.pdf)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB339%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=339)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB339%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=339)
5. **SB339 H JUD AMT _1 2-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB339 H JUD AMT _1 2-5 adopted.htm)
6. **SB339 HFA PACK _1 2-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB339 HFA PACK _1 2-19 adopted.htm)
7. **SB339 HJUD AM _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB339 HJUD AM _1 adopted adopted.htm)
8. **SB339 TAKUBO SFA 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB339 TAKUBO SFA 2-25 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- HJUD AM #1 — **74–23** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **83–15** (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`
- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-28** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 49) `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Effective from passage (Roll No. 49)
- **2020-01-30** Ordered to House
- **2020-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 242)
- **2020-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 248) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 249)
- **2020-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-25** House Message received
- **2020-02-25** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 246)
- **2020-02-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 246)
- **2020-02-25** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 614)
- **2020-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 615)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-12** To Governor 3/12/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 206, 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/9185ab55-8fce-4512-b028-83c1df408526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).