republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-163.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules	Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 163	West Virginia SB 163 (2018)	bill	Legislature--Rule Making	enacted	Maynard	4	41	3	2018-01-11	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/0b5e25bf-1581-4134-ae38-6094d41e126b	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=163&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	039a184b9fa8413d40353fb06a401ba9e8259ccd8cbfff568cbeca9efdeb08e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 163 (2018) — Authorizing DEP 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
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 88–8 (pass) · legislature
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 93–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Maynard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-01-11 To Energy, Industry and Mining then Judiciary
• 2018-01-11 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-01-11 To Energy, Industry and Mining
• 2018-01-17 Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary committee-passage
• 2018-01-17 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Committee substitute reported
• 2018-01-24 On 1st reading
• 2018-01-24 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-01-25 On 2nd reading
• 2018-01-25 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-01-26 On 3rd reading
• 2018-01-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-01-26 Laid over on 3rd reading 1/26/18
• 2018-01-29 Laid over on 3rd reading 1/29/18
• 2018-01-30 Unanimous consent to amend
• 2018-01-30 Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
• 2018-01-30 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-01-30 Passed Senate (Roll No. 29) passage
• 2018-01-30 Effective from passage (Roll No. 29)
• 2018-01-30 Ordered to House
• 2018-01-31 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-01-31 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-13 Do pass
• 2018-02-14 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-14 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-15 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-16 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-16 Passed House (Roll No. 126) passage
• 2018-02-16 Effective from passage (Roll No. 127)
• 2018-02-16 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-02-16 Completed legislative action
• 2018-02-19 House Message received
• 2018-02-21 To Governor 2/21/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-02-22 To Governor 2/21/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-02-27 Approved by Governor 2/27/18 executive-signature
• 2018-02-28 Approved by Governor 2/27/18 - House Journal
• 2018-04-23 Chapter 141, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b5e25bf-1581-4134-ae38-6094d41e126b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).