---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing School Building Authority promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing School Building Authority promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 652"
citation: "West Virginia SB 652 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57c03fdd-fd12-47b6-b5cc-0840af79b788"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=652&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "add31b65ba147bb684d27ae846ebc77c258470bd1e6d5580680f3a9c7ab6601b"
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 652 (2020) — Authorizing School Building Authority promulgate legislative rules

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB652%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=652)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB652%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=652)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-29** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 181) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Do pass
- **2020-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 399) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 400)
- **2020-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-29** House Message received
- **2020-02-29** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2020-02-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 360)
- **2020-02-29** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-10** To Governor 3/10/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 210, 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/57c03fdd-fd12-47b6-b5cc-0840af79b788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).