republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-251.md

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Bill	Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules	Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 251	West Virginia SB 251 (2026)	bill	Legislature--Rule Making	enacted	Rucker	3	35	3	2026-01-15	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/af175f70-5d09-4de8-b424-da4e9da8d432	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=251&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	52547df87af16d5c014f90f24335ac1ee19e20f2e33a3a358ded7b5964e882ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 251 (2026) — Authorizing Department of Administration 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
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 93–0 (pass) · lower

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
• 2026-02-11 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-12 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-12 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-13 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Passed Senate (Roll No. 93) passage
• 2026-02-16 Effective from passage (Roll No. 94)
• 2026-02-16 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-17 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-17 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-17 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Do pass
• 2026-02-23 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-23 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-24 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-25 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Passed House (Roll No. 180) passage
• 2026-02-25 Effective from passage (Roll No. 181)
• 2026-02-25 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-25 Completed legislative action
• 2026-02-26 House Message received
• 2026-02-27 To Governor 2/27/26 executive-receipt
• 2026-02-27 To Governor 2/27/2026 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-02 Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-02 Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 213, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af175f70-5d09-4de8-b424-da4e9da8d432. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).