---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "West Virginia SB 216 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0a14542-8f73-4ae8-849f-024356507da5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=216&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dc35cd852b4280a66fe7ae39c4b421c86e7a087c13ab25a762b0f1f88bf70649"
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 216 (2021) — Authorizing Department of Commerce 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=SB216%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=216)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB216%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=216)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB216%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=216)
4. **SB216 CAPITO AMT _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB216 CAPITO AMT _1 3-1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB216 HFA CAPITO _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB216 HFA CAPITO _1 3-5 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`
- **2021-02-13** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-02-15** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** On 3rd reading
- **2021-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 9) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 9)
- **2021-02-17** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-04** Placed on House Calendar
- **2021-03-08** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2021-03-08** Placed on Special Calender
- **2021-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn (Voice)
- **2021-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 108) `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Committee title amendment withdrawn (Voice)
- **2021-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 109)
- **2021-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-11** House Message received
- **2021-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 112)
- **2021-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 112)
- **2021-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-12** House received Senate message
- **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`
- **2021-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 - House Journal
- **2021-03-16** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 175, 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/b0a14542-8f73-4ae8-849f-024356507da5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).