republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-479.md

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

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	Establishing local government monitoring by Auditor	Establishing local government monitoring by Auditor	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 479	West Virginia SB 479 (2018)	bill	Municipalities	enacted	Gaunch	2	40	3	2018-02-05	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/d57dae33-55a9-4563-b25e-821d932d48dd	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=479&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	d1c523191ec3d75cdf04a53a8adde3b6266c08bbd4290e375105b5589f80f527	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 479 (2018) — Establishing local government monitoring by Auditor

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gaunch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-05 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-02-05 To Government Organization then Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-02-05 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2018-02-09 Reported do pass, but first to Finance committee-passage
• 2018-02-09 To Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2018-02-16 On 1st reading
• 2018-02-16 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-19 On 2nd reading
• 2018-02-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 On 3rd reading
• 2018-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed Senate (Roll No. 158) passage
• 2018-02-20 Effective from passage (Roll No. 158)
• 2018-02-20 Ordered to House
• 2018-02-21 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-21 To Government Organization then Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Do pass, but first to Finance
• 2018-02-27 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2018-03-03 Do pass
• 2018-03-05 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-06 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-07 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Passed House (Roll No. 373) passage
• 2018-03-07 Effective from passage (Roll No. 374)
• 2018-03-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-07 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-08 House Message received
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-19 To Governor 3/19/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
• 2018-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-04-23 Chapter 102, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d57dae33-55a9-4563-b25e-821d932d48dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).