---
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: "2026"
identifier: "SB 309"
citation: "West Virginia SB 309 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc89479-114b-4d87-9ad4-3e5619a31c69"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=309&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b3073b7fe8efe0724d8cd609c0e06028f7844c2e6aa6aa647246078bb55b59e2"
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 309 (2026) — 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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb309%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=309)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb309%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=309)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb309%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=309)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-01-23** On 1st reading
- **2026-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** On 2nd reading
- **2026-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** On 3rd reading
- **2026-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 13) `passage`
- **2026-01-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 14)
- **2026-01-28** Ordered to House
- **2026-01-29** House received Senate message
- **2026-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Do pass
- **2026-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 139) `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 140)
- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-20** Completed legislative action
- **2026-02-21** House Message received
- **2026-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 216, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afc89479-114b-4d87-9ad4-3e5619a31c69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).