republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-374.md

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Bill	Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules	Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 374	West Virginia SB 374 (2026)	bill	Legislature--Rule Making	enacted	Rucker	3	35	3	2026-01-15	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/a10eadc2-d97e-42fa-9d30-55ebd667ff3e	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=374&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	df5fe9600b530667647445739813f9a50921e82b9d34b73964925272a2f42e95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 374 (2026) — Authorizing Department of Commerce 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 — 94–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 93–2 (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
• 2026-01-28 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-01-29 On 1st reading
• 2026-01-29 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-01-30 On 2nd reading
• 2026-01-30 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-02 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-02 Passed Senate (Roll No. 30) passage
• 2026-02-02 Effective from passage (Roll No. 31)
• 2026-02-02 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-03 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-03 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-03 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Do pass
• 2026-02-26 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-26 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-27 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-02 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Passed House (Roll No. 232) passage
• 2026-03-02 Effective from passage (Roll No. 233)
• 2026-03-02 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-02 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-03 House Message received
• 2026-03-04 To Governor 3/4/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/9/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/9/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/9/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 217, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a10eadc2-d97e-42fa-9d30-55ebd667ff3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).