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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors"
+description: "Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 3279"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 3279 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-03-10"
+last_action: "2025-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ed9ac12-67d6-4a20-93a4-7f62a8c1c6cf"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3279&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "f09e5743dad3238e57ced608b0de3baf6fd5204afee263e3720484540eb45ea3"
+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 3279 (2025) — Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3279%20sub.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3279)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3279%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3279)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3279%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3279)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3279%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3279)
+5. **hb3279 s gov am _1 4-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3279%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%204-4%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **68–29** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **77–20** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **19–15** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **62–35** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Criss — primary (person)
+- Riley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-03-10** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-03-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-10** To House Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-03-13** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-03-26** By substitute, do pass
+- **2025-03-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-28** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2025-03-28** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
+- **2025-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 287) `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Immediate consideration
+- **2025-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2025-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-08** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-08** Oliverio #2 floor amendments rejected (Roll No. 379)
+- **2025-04-08** Oliverio #1 floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 380)
+- **2025-04-08** Oliverio #3 floor amendments rejected (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-09** On 3rd reading
+- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 407) `passage`
+- **2025-04-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 408)
+- **2025-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
+- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate effective date (Roll No. 599)
+- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate title amendment
+- **2025-04-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 600)
+- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2025-04-12** House Message received
+- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-30** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-31** Chapter 141, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ed9ac12-67d6-4a20-93a4-7f62a8c1c6cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+