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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation"
+description: "Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 51"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 51 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f90eef81-abc7-465a-9f8c-1bc989f9cafe"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=51&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "929c39cf64bc0a447cf2dcc006a6b977947cb27c12e6eec4d7e57ed57497ddeb"
+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 51 (2023) — Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation
+
+## 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=sb51%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=51)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb51%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=51)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb51%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=51)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
+- Grady — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-11** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-01-11** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute reported
+- **2023-01-26** On 1st reading
+- **2023-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-27** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-30** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 88) `passage`
+- **2023-01-30** Ordered to House
+- **2023-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-31** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-23** Do pass
+- **2023-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-24** Placed on House Calendar
+- **2023-03-02** On 1st reading, House Calendar
+- **2023-03-02** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-03** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 462) `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-04** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/6
+- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-06** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/7
+- **2023-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 536) `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-08** House Message received
+- **2023-03-10** To Governor 3/10/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/10/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 125, 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/f90eef81-abc7-465a-9f8c-1bc989f9cafe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+