---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting Secondary Schools Athletic Commission discipline schools for not following protocol for concussions and head injuries"
description: "Permitting Secondary Schools Athletic Commission discipline schools for not following protocol for concussions and head injuries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 605"
citation: "West Virginia SB 605 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c46b9c23-65e9-4f23-a0a6-f2675b04a634"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=605&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1c62957bd7235b9eaa74490bf24751b49d618bbbbd5b7891c60ff48401b95b7b"
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 605 (2019) — Permitting Secondary Schools Athletic Commission discipline schools for not following protocol for concussions and head injuries

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB605%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=605)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB605%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=605)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB605%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=605)
4. **SB605 SFA _1 RUCKER 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB605 SFA _1 RUCKER 2-26 adopted.htm)
5. **SB605 SFA _1 TARR 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB605 SFA _1 TARR 2-26 adopted.htm)
6. **SB605 SFAT _1 RUCKER 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB605 SFAT _1 RUCKER 2-27 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-23** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Rucker Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-26** Tarr Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 276) `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Do pass
- **2019-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2019-03-07** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 622) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 93, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c46b9c23-65e9-4f23-a0a6-f2675b04a634`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).