---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "West Virginia SB 126 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bdc2c18-d3db-49db-8e79-77e7916684ad"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=126&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1232e09f6bf6fc572f990fdb4262146db37ff1a0431cba538e790b1f57b69158"
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 126 (2021) — Authorizing Department of Administration to 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=SB126%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=126)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB126%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=126)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB126%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=126)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** On 3rd reading
- **2021-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 6) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 6)
- **2021-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Do pass
- **2021-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 124) `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 125)
- **2021-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-12** House Message received
- **2021-03-15** To Governor 3/15/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** To Governor 3/15/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** To Governor 3/15/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/19/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 171, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bdc2c18-d3db-49db-8e79-77e7916684ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).