---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sunset provisions of legislative rules"
description: "Relating to sunset provisions of legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 517"
citation: "West Virginia SB 517 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84a68601-da16-4eb7-8859-242377764a6d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=517&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d9f2ae887691f4aa0e7c487a6e0105528910529c1d84de21c33573c04cf8246d"
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 517 (2021) — Relating to sunset provisions of 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=SB517%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=517)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB517%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=517)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB517%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=517)
4. **SB517 H GO AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB517 H GO AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB517 HFAT FOSTER _1 3-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB517 HFAT FOSTER _1 3-23 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-08** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 110) `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 110)
- **2021-03-10** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Passed House (Roll No. 259) `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 260)
- **2021-03-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-25** House Message received
- **2021-03-25** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 189)
- **2021-03-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 189)
- **2021-03-25** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-25** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-25** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-29** To Governor 3/29/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** To Governor 3/29/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-02** Approved by Governor 4/2/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05** Approved by Governor 4/2/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 140, 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/84a68601-da16-4eb7-8859-242377764a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).