republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-309.md

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Bill	Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules	Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 309	West Virginia SB 309 (2026)	bill	Legislature--Rule Making	enacted	Rucker	3	34	3	2026-01-15	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/afc89479-114b-4d87-9ad4-3e5619a31c69	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=309&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	b3073b7fe8efe0724d8cd609c0e06028f7844c2e6aa6aa647246078bb55b59e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 309 (2026) — Authorizing DOT 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 — 94–2 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 94–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

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. 13) passage
• 2026-01-28 Effective from passage (Roll No. 14)
• 2026-01-28 Ordered to House
• 2026-01-29 House received Senate message
• 2026-01-29 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-29 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 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
• 2026-02-20 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Passed House (Roll No. 139) passage
• 2026-02-20 Effective from passage (Roll No. 140)
• 2026-02-20 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-20 Completed legislative action
• 2026-02-21 House Message received
• 2026-02-23 To Governor 2/23/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-02-27 Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-02 Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 216, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/afc89479-114b-4d87-9ad4-3e5619a31c69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).