---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "West Virginia SB 175 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56d3354f-b7c4-44ab-89ac-cfee585cf303"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=175&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "89db4ca627f8a680a7a8570ebda3097e9fc8efbe37baaf2912435534e52d3777"
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 175 (2019) — Authorizing DHHR 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=SB175%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=175)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB175%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=175)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB175%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=175)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-10** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-04** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 83) `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 83)
- **2019-02-06** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 446) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 447)
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-06** House Message received
- **2019-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 366)
- **2019-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 366)
- **2019-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 161, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56d3354f-b7c4-44ab-89ac-cfee585cf303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).