republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-256.md

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Bill	Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules	Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 256	West Virginia SB 256 (2026)	bill	Legislature--Rule Making	enacted	Rucker	6	46	3	2026-01-15	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/4d8371bb-fc4e-44b4-9ba1-1078da864eac	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=256&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	146ff55eea362fba003cf80502f1778d7dadf9f01435d96c4fb3badead0602a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 256 (2026) — Authorizing DEP 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
4. sb256 hepw am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. sb256 hfat anderson 2-20 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. sb256 hfat anderson 2-20 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 86–10 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 84–12 (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
• 2026-01-29 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-01-30 On 1st reading
• 2026-01-30 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-02 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-02 Laid over on 2nd reading 2/2/2026
• 2026-02-03 Laid over on 2nd reading 2/3/2026
• 2026-02-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-05 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-05 Passed Senate (Roll No. 45) passage
• 2026-02-05 Effective from passage (Roll No. 46)
• 2026-02-05 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-06 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-06 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-09 To Energy and Public Works
• 2026-02-06 To House Energy and Public Works referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 With amendments, 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
• 2026-02-19 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-02-19 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-19 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-02-19 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure
• 2026-02-20 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Passed House (Roll No. 137) passage
• 2026-02-20 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-20 Effective from passage (Roll No. 138)
• 2026-02-20 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-23 House Message received
• 2026-02-23 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 204)
• 2026-02-23 Effective from passage (Roll No. 205)
• 2026-02-23 Communicated to House
• 2026-02-23 Completed legislative action
• 2026-02-24 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-24 To Governor 2/24/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-02-24 To Governor 2/24/2026 - 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 214, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d8371bb-fc4e-44b4-9ba1-1078da864eac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).