---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2638"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2638 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7c0d55b-d846-4dd1-8fc0-728c1229f53f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2638&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "32d395fba3d6af9e8f6fe809c2bc6965f9d05594adec89e6cb5df96e6a976ec3"
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 2638 (2023) — Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration 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=hb2638%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2638)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2638%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2638)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2638%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2638)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)
- Kump — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-14** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 167) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 168)
- **2023-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 349) `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 349)
- **2023-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 203, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7c0d55b-d846-4dd1-8fc0-728c1229f53f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).