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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permitting employees of baccalaureate institutions and universities outside of this state to be appointed to board of governors"
+description: "Permitting employees of baccalaureate institutions and universities outside of this state to be appointed to board of governors"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 4251"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4251 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-22"
+last_action: "2018-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/062e1f01-da5b-45d4-85f9-df87273d4c29"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4251&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "c58c12dd220040e773543e9666390ad367fc393765041d00683ee4fea18c1109"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 4251 (2018) — Permitting employees of baccalaureate institutions and universities outside of this state to be appointed to board of governors
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4251%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4251)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4251%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4251)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4251%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4251)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4251%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4251)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shott — primary (person)
+- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
+- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2018-01-22** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2018-01-22** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-31** By substitute, do pass
+- **2018-02-01** On 1st reading, House Calendar
+- **2018-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-02** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
+- **2018-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-02** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2018-02-05** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
+- **2018-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 46) `passage`
+- **2018-02-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-02-06** House Message received
+- **2018-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-02-06** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-06** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
+- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-08** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
+- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 433) `passage`
+- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2018-03-09** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
+- **2018-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 435)
+- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
+- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 541)
+- **2018-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 542)
+- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2018-03-10** House Message received
+- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
+- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-16** Chapter 114, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/062e1f01-da5b-45d4-85f9-df87273d4c29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+