---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enabling State Fire Commission to propose legislative rules"
description: "Enabling State Fire Commission to propose legislative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 587"
citation: "West Virginia SB 587 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e612e0a2-4835-4b04-94b0-9f48fbca9972"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=587&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f6b6c87fba6279b966ebe5b972b8bb4cf5be5ed359f302868dc85ebdcc127d4c"
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 587 (2024) — Enabling State Fire Commission to propose legislative rules

## 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=sb587%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=587)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb587%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=587)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb587%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=587)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-08** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 118) `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Do pass
- **2024-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/8/2024
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 670) `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`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 234, 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/e612e0a2-4835-4b04-94b0-9f48fbca9972`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).