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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring certain history and civics courses be taught in schools"
+description: "Requiring certain history and civics courses be taught in schools"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 636"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 636 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-12"
+last_action: "2021-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b088fa9-2c2d-49cd-9c73-9df36c18913c"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=636&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "01d5538689f163d9dfa74e5433b2eb6214fe4689f9846d669b06ed12ced8a33b"
+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 636 (2021) — Requiring certain history and civics courses be taught in schools
+
+## 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=SB636%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=636)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB636%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=636)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB636%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=636)
+4. **SB636 H ED AM 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB636 H ED AM 4-1 adopted.htm)
+5. **SB636 HFAT ELLINGTON 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB636 HFAT ELLINGTON 4-8 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-03-12** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-03-12** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Committee substitute reported
+- **2021-03-18** On 1st reading
+- **2021-03-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-19** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-22** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-03-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 160) `passage`
+- **2021-03-22** Ordered to House
+- **2021-03-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-03-23** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-05** Placed on House Calendar
+- **2021-04-07** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
+- **2021-04-07** Placed on Special Calender
+- **2021-04-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-08** Passed House (Roll No. 522) `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-04-10** House Message received
+- **2021-04-10** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-10** Communicated to House
+- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
+- **2021-04-10** House receded (Roll No. 651)
+- **2021-04-10** Passed House (Roll No. 652) `passage`
+- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-04-10** House Message received
+- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Chapter 96, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b088fa9-2c2d-49cd-9c73-9df36c18913c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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