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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring Department of Education develop plan based on analyzed data on school discipline"
+description: "Requiring Department of Education develop plan based on analyzed data on school discipline"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 723"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 723 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-02-06"
+last_action: "2020-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/656ecad3-e029-4216-bd65-923757c2f19a"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=723&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "ea709f412fb37539b4a7531356f1e414dfe2d766358943348561339b07bc5780"
+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 723 (2020) — Requiring Department of Education develop plan based on analyzed data on school discipline
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB723%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=723)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB723%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=723)
+3. **SB723 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB723 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **SB723 HFAT Ellington adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB723 HFAT Ellington adopted.htm)
+5. **SB723 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB723 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-7 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **97–3** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **85–7** (pass) · lower
+- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **91–1** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **88–5** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+- Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-02-06** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-06** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading
+- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 234) `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 234)
+- **2020-02-24** Ordered to House
+- **2020-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-02-25** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-25** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-04** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 528)
+- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 529) `passage`
+- **2020-03-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 530)
+- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 540)
+- **2020-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 540)
+- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
+- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 758)
+- **2020-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 759)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-04-14** Chapter 113, 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/656ecad3-e029-4216-bd65-923757c2f19a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+