---
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: "2020"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "West Virginia SB 449 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ee8cdf8-51d1-4d10-bd8c-1d2d35f62169"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=449&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fcd2aa49eb43eebde1daef12047565807747d4cf0e1610d71e23aef831f14452"
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 449 (2020) — 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=SB449%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=449)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB449%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=449)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB449%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=449)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–2** (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`
- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 51) `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Effective from passage (Roll No. 51)
- **2020-01-31** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Do pass
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 149) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 150)
- **2020-02-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-12** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-13** House Message received
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 209, 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/1ee8cdf8-51d1-4d10-bd8c-1d2d35f62169`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).