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+type: "Bill"
+title: "To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied"
+description: "To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2596"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2596 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Toney"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-17"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ca80d63-adfc-4235-813e-d2162037508d"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2596&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "ec5bf7668f5c19247a36f91dec9fc35ba02d98c8737c2916f3b9df294eb2c82a"
+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 2596 (2023) — To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 60)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00060.pdf)
+2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2596%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2596)
+3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2596%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2596)
+4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2596%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2596)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2596%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2596)
+6. **hb2596 hfa summers 1-30 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2596 hfa summers 1-30 _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **hb2596 hfat ellington 2-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2596 hfat ellington 2-1 adopted.htm)
+8. **hb2596 s ed am _1 2-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2596 s ed am _1 2-14 adopted.htm)
+9. **hb2596 s ed amt _1 2-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2596 s ed amt _1 2-14 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Toney — primary (person)
+- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
+- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
+- Statler — cosponsor (person)
+- Vance — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-17** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-17** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-26** By substitute, do pass
+- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-01-30** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 1/31/23
+- **2023-01-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-31** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 60)
+- **2023-02-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-01** Passed House (Roll No. 62) `passage`
+- **2023-02-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-01** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-02** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-02** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-16** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-17** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-20** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 216) `passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2023-02-22** House received Senate message
+- **2023-02-22** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 195)
+- **2023-02-22** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-22** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-02-23** House Message received
+- **2023-02-27** To Governor 2/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-02-27** To Governor 2/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-02-28** To Governor 2/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-04** Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 134, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ca80d63-adfc-4235-813e-d2162037508d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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