---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Commission rule relating to State Building Code"
description: "Fire Commission rule relating to State Building Code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "West Virginia SB 177 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c0c858-e215-43da-9bc9-3799b4f1fa71"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=177&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "24b9605790345c2d97e1d06563f70e28c11af7662a26886e52dd07c101a95e3f"
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 177 (2019) — Fire Commission rule relating to State Building Code

## 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=SB177%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=177)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB177%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=177)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-14** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** On 2nd reading
- **2019-01-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-16** On 3rd reading
- **2019-01-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 7) `passage`
- **2019-01-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 7)
- **2019-01-16** Ordered to House
- **2019-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Do pass
- **2019-01-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 53) `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Effective from passage (Roll No. 54)
- **2019-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-01-31** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-01** House Message received
- **2019-02-08** To Governor 2/8/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-11** To Governor 2/8/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-11** To Governor 2/8/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-14** Approved by Governor 2/14/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-15** Approved by Governor 2/14/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 162, 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/16c0c858-e215-43da-9bc9-3799b4f1fa71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).