---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "West Virginia SB 50 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/254d6671-4384-42e5-baeb-dac19a6dd898"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=50&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "23f832a94319ea7582371243a73851dc985a5af5d6c09311423f93a52ba257bc"
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 50 (2024) — Authorizing Department of Revenue 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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb50%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=50)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb50%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=50)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb50%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=50)
4. **sb50 h jud am _1 3-4 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb50%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%203-4%20as%20amended%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb50 h jud am _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb50%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20as%20amended%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–3** (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`
- **2024-01-30** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-31** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 89) `passage`
- **2024-02-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 89)
- **2024-02-02** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-05** House received Senate message
- **2024-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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)
- **2024-03-06** Committee 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. 532) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 533)
- **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. 460)
- **2024-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 460)
- **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 176, 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/254d6671-4384-42e5-baeb-dac19a6dd898`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).