republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-281.md

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Bill	Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules	Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 281	West Virginia SB 281 (2026)	bill	Legislature--Rule Making	enacted	Rucker	3	37	3	2026-01-15	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/3743d810-1a80-47e3-aafe-d7d9db100b2a	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=281&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	157bd75f742a2842bb6fa6b29e3ee279e88bace82a3f13657b33f27806af30e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 281 (2026) — Authorizing Department of Homeland Security 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

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 95–1 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 95–1 (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
• 2026-01-22 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. 11) passage
• 2026-01-28 Effective from passage (Roll No. 12)
• 2026-01-28 Ordered to House
• 2026-01-29 House received Senate message
• 2026-01-29 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-29 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-10 Do pass
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 418) passage
• 2026-03-12 Effective from passage (Roll No. 419)
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-12 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-13 House Message received
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 215, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3743d810-1a80-47e3-aafe-d7d9db100b2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).