---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing method of allocating funding from Safe School Funds"
description: "Changing method of allocating funding from Safe School Funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 614"
citation: "West Virginia SB 614 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38398271-d609-4b08-a112-71d57059fc96"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=614&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9906fd624baeacb74933c7dd627777ff312c843bef3479dce84097495435d113"
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 614 (2020) — Changing method of allocating funding from Safe School Funds

## 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=SB614%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=614)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB614%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=614)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB614%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=614)
4. **SB614 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB614 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2020-01-29** Motion
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 256) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 256)
- **2020-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-29** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 513) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 514)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 479)
- **2020-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 479)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-12** To Governor 3/12/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 111, 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/38398271-d609-4b08-a112-71d57059fc96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).