---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "West Virginia SB 156 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/893f0468-bbe7-4803-9e33-e30ae73cf0eb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=156&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2e76aedc5da242c6c397dbe45bcbefb4225407c70ee4f21b7b3073f6058e866b"
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 156 (2021) — Authorizing Department of Homeland Security 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=SB156%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=156)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB156%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=156)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB156%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=156)
4. **SB156 H GO AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB156 H GO AM _1 adopted.htm)

## 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. 8) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 8)
- **2021-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Passed House (Roll No. 232) `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 233)
- **2021-03-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-23** House Message received
- **2021-03-23** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 168)
- **2021-03-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 168)
- **2021-03-23** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-23** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-24** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-25** To Governor 3/25/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-25** To Governor 3/25/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** To Governor 3/25/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor 3/31/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** Approved by Governor 3/31/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-01** Approved by Governor 3/31/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 172, 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/893f0468-bbe7-4803-9e33-e30ae73cf0eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).