---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring State Board of Education develop method for student transportation costs as stand-alone consideration"
description: "Requiring State Board of Education develop method for student transportation costs as stand-alone consideration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "West Virginia SB 241 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baldwin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0765c342-ac43-42f7-a589-31bba5e76023"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=241&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "90d8a2d7d9989901646f9d6567d320cdfa18a24af58772c53c5685508e2c2348"
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 241 (2020) — Requiring State Board of Education develop method for student transportation costs as stand-alone consideration

## 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=SB241%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=241)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB241%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=241)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB241%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=241)
4. **SB241 H ED AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB241 H ED AMT adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baldwin — primary (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-09** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-27** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 43) `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Ordered to House
- **2020-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** With title amendment, do pass
- **2020-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 392) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-29** House Message received
- **2020-02-29** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 356) `passage`
- **2020-02-29** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-29** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-10** To Governor 3/10/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 109, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0765c342-ac43-42f7-a589-31bba5e76023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).