---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4252"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4252 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f50c48-ce3c-4c59-9f38-6a74b6f7d171"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4252&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a3d21592b560f64313e4df5e06f368a90a036127be766d40e82cffc8fd0cb82a"
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 HB 4252 (2020) — Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards 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](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4252%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4252)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4252%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4252)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4252%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4252)
4. **HB4252 HFA FAST 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4252 HFA FAST 2-24 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4252 S JUD AMT 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4252 S JUD AMT 2-27 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4252%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4252)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-14** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2020-01-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Amendment pending
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2020-02-24** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-24** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2020-02-24** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 297) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 298)
- **2020-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 395) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 395)
- **2020-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 690)
- **2020-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 691)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 212, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65f50c48-ce3c-4c59-9f38-6a74b6f7d171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).