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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Exempting certain persons pursuing degree in speech pathology and audiology from license requirements"
+description: "Exempting certain persons pursuing degree in speech pathology and audiology from license requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 644"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 644 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-15"
+last_action: "2021-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75957b25-e2d4-4691-b735-b34a96dcbb08"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=644&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "df00430be9bf0c46234e154036bc6a6296c2937fb36b202161750cf07049cdd3"
+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 644 (2021) — Exempting certain persons pursuing degree in speech pathology and audiology from license requirements
+
+## 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=SB644%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=644)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB644%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=644)
+3. **SB644 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB644 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **SB644 HFA PACK 4-1 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB644 HFA PACK 4-1 _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **SB644 HFAT PACK 4-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB644 HFAT PACK 4-2 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Weld — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-03-15** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-03-15** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-22** On 1st reading
+- **2021-03-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-23** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-03-23** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/23/21
+- **2021-03-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-25** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 196) `passage`
+- **2021-03-25** Ordered to House
+- **2021-03-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-03-25** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-02** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05** Passed House (Roll No. 435) `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-04-06** House Message received
+- **2021-04-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 319)
+- **2021-04-06** Communicated to House
+- **2021-04-06** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-04-06** House received Senate message
+- **2021-04-08** To Governor 4/8/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-09** To Governor 4/8/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Chapter 199, 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/75957b25-e2d4-4691-b735-b34a96dcbb08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+