---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to repealing certain rules"
description: "Relating generally to repealing certain rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "West Virginia SB 296 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-15"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1e9e3ae-0b02-483a-a375-4ead3945bc18"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=296&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "435373857ea310c5442ff0fc630dfd05b7957c8ef8a9ae1932851274e7fda61b"
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 296 (2021) — Relating generally to repealing certain 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=SB296%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=296)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB296%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=296)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2021-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 35) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Do pass
- **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`
- **2021-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 115) `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-11** 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 176, 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/b1e9e3ae-0b02-483a-a375-4ead3945bc18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).