---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 356"
citation: "West Virginia SB 356 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6f137fd-f5b3-428a-a581-c739f5ce3ec5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=356&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "334f0b6b1c575834d5829d8f8d34ba62ba805c055a16e182c444e59198206c83"
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 356 (2023) — Authorizing DOT 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=sb356%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=356)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb356%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=356)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb356%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=356)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb356%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=356)
5. **sb356 sfa trump 1-26 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb356 sfa trump 1-26 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **sb356 sfat trump 1-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb356 sfat trump 1-26 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-30** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/30/2023
- **2023-01-31** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/31/2023
- **2023-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-02** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 122) `passage`
- **2023-02-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 122)
- **2023-02-02** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** Do pass
- **2023-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 553) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 554)
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-09** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 200, 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/a6f137fd-f5b3-428a-a581-c739f5ce3ec5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).