---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to nursing career pathways"
description: "Relating to nursing career pathways"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "West Virginia SB 707 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b1bbae5-881a-402e-8e26-655ff0ea8c90"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=707&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7c6d77ef13f561b7e4bdb4f9f7d69c971305d34cb087db677022ec9e7931e290"
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 707 (2020) — Relating to nursing career pathways

## 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=SB707%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=707)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB707%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=707)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB707%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=707)
4. **SB707 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB707 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB707 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB707 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-2 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-05** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 233) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 233)
- **2020-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 577) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 578)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 589)
- **2020-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 589)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - 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 112, 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/4b1bbae5-881a-402e-8e26-655ff0ea8c90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).