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legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-47.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund"
+description: "Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 47"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 47 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9143f4d6-d1af-4a09-ae82-89004b370db0"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=47&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "e9da784a785495d5d8a7a06562d309c834f087b21f87e24c911d7457e4728a31"
+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 47 (2023) — Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund
+
+## 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=sb47%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=47)
+2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb47%20sub2.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=47)
+3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb47%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=47)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb47%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=47)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
+- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-11** To School Choice then Finance
+- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-11** To School Choice
+- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
+- **2023-01-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
+- **2023-02-09** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-10** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-13** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 169) `passage`
+- **2023-02-13** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-14** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06** Do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2023-03-06** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Do pass
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 636) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 124, 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/9143f4d6-d1af-4a09-ae82-89004b370db0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+