---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to rule-making authority of Ethics Commission"
description: "Relating to rule-making authority of Ethics Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 482"
citation: "West Virginia SB 482 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f9b209b-7974-4b7a-9a7a-ff94bbf62feb"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=482&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9467cf9224b62535ec77c049bec169556203c79e3e297b1ea43f620a5078e905"
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 482 (2024) — Relating to rule-making authority of Ethics Commission

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb482%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=482)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb482%20sub2.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=482)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb482%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=482)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb482%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=482)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-17** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 281) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Do pass
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 662) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 143, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f9b209b-7974-4b7a-9a7a-ff94bbf62feb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).