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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allowing noncitizen of US be eligible for teaching certificate"
+description: "Allowing noncitizen of US be eligible for teaching certificate"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 623"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 623 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-24"
+last_action: "2020-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b03f9e26-e975-4e36-a942-50d1700e0566"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=623&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "d9cd0ffb8cbe0932b4e0b15c148f28fe01b8dd09ed3c38ba8464d6f636e9cda6"
+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 SB 623 (2020) — Allowing noncitizen of US be eligible for teaching certificate
+
+## 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=SB623%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=623)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB623%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=623)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB623%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=623)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+- Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
+- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-24** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-01-24** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute reported
+- **2020-02-05** On 1st reading
+- **2020-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-06** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-07** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 87) `passage`
+- **2020-02-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 87)
+- **2020-02-07** Ordered to House
+- **2020-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-02-10** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-18** Do pass
+- **2020-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 269) `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 270)
+- **2020-02-21** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-21** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-02-24** House Message received
+- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-04-14** Chapter 315, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b03f9e26-e975-4e36-a942-50d1700e0566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+