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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Aligning state and federal accreditation rules"
+description: "Aligning state and federal accreditation rules"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 488"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 488 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-27"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c6d15f8-03a7-48b7-aeac-611f938256fe"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=488&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "1fa72d6fbbdba86a242debb48b7c5bbac1d2cdcc910becc31e924d7204a9c9d7"
+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 488 (2023) — Aligning state and federal accreditation rules
+
+## 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=sb488%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=488)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb488%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=488)
+3. **sb488 hfat ellington 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb488 hfat ellington 3-7 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-27** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-27** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 220) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Ordered to House
+- **2023-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-21** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-21** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06** Do pass
+- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 602) `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 588) `passage`
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 176, 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/3c6d15f8-03a7-48b7-aeac-611f938256fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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