The West Virginia Senate on Feb. 24 approved a committee substitute that authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to promulgate a package of legislative rules known on the floor as bundle 6. The measure passed on third reading with a recorded vote of 33 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent.

The package includes rules from several agencies within the department, the Senate record shows, including the Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Corrections; the Division of Protective Services; the State Emergency Response Commission; and the State Police. "This is the first of what will be several rules bundles that comes before the body," said the Junior Senator from the 7th, urging passage of the bundle.

Floor proceedings recorded no recorded opposition. After the clerk announced the 33–0 vote, Senator from Lewis moved that the bill be made effective from passage; the Senate approved that motion by the same 33–0 margin with one absent. The presiding officer declared the bill effective from passage and ordered the action communicated to the House of Delegates.

The transcript identifies the measure as a committee substitute for a bill authorizing the Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules; the floor discussion referred to the package as "bundle 6." No additional fiscal or implementation details were provided on the floor during the recorded remarks.

The clerk recorded that more than a majority of those present and voting supported both the passage and the motion to make the bill effective immediately. The Senate then moved on to other business, and committee schedules for the day were announced.