---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules"
description: "Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 361"
citation: "West Virginia SB 361 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b041136-34f2-47f8-82af-09e891ce30c7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=361&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "75f722ec7b0b2fad69b5613a2111d19112604416f13cce4bd7ca28698100b883"
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 361 (2023) — Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies 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=sb361%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=361)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb361%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=361)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb361%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=361)
4. **sb361 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb361 h jud am _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb361 h jud am _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb361 h jud am _1 as amended adopted.htm)
6. **sb361 h jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb361 h jud amt adopted.htm)
7. **sb361 hfa capito 3-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb361 hfa capito 3-10 _1 adopted.htm)
8. **sb361 sfa takubo 3-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb361 sfa takubo 3-10 _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (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`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-03** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 138) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 138)
- **2023-02-07** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2023-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 651) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 652)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 571)
- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 571)
- **2023-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 755)
- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 756)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 201, 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/5b041136-34f2-47f8-82af-09e891ce30c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).