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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education"
+description: "Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5354"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5354 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Statler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-09"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1b14c77-f332-4e6c-86d5-f81c6c01b4d5"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5354&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "6cc9f64d9d6d55f356d05b91db8a33d80ad99d52bd34fd7571a356d0147ed98f"
+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 5354 (2026) — Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5354%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5354)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5354%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5354)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5354%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5354)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Statler — primary (person)
+- Toney — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-09** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-09** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-25** Do pass
+- **2026-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 243) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-04** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-04** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
+- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-09** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/9/2026
+- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 468) `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 469)
+- **2026-03-11** Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 503)
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 222, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1b14c77-f332-4e6c-86d5-f81c6c01b4d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+