---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules"
description: "Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "West Virginia SB 2 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32abe122-155b-44b4-876e-e8bfdacc5fc3"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a85c7b20d1cb305cbe9dae4fd13c7b2b879e23a9dbbbb79e8758265e0894a8da"
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 2 (2024) — Authorizing DEP to promulgate rules

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=2)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=2)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=2)
4. **sb2 sub hfa fast am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb2%20sub%20hfa%20fast%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb2 sub hfat fast 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb2%20sub%20hfat%20fast%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-12** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-15** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-01-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 37) `passage`
- **2024-01-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 37)
- **2024-01-16** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-17** House received Senate message
- **2024-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Do pass
- **2024-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-06** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 528) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 529)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 457)
- **2024-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 457)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-14** To Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 172, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32abe122-155b-44b4-876e-e8bfdacc5fc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).