---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing state college or university apply to HEPC for designation as administratively exempt school"
description: "Allowing state college or university apply to HEPC for designation as administratively exempt school"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 760"
citation: "West Virginia SB 760 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-12"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7ef950f-37da-4591-ab50-5fa139e262a4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=760&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2d7ed25decd7dbd4a9a08112e25f1a11e9c895bf13ecf7fb0afa1aaf259ccfb0"
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 760 (2020) — Allowing state college or university apply to HEPC for designation as administratively exempt school

## 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=SB760%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=760)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB760%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=760)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB760%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=760)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-12** 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** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/21/20
- **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. 259) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-26** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Do pass
- **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** Amendment withdrawn (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. 582) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - 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 173, 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/c7ef950f-37da-4591-ab50-5fa139e262a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).