---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing an optional bus operator in residence program for school districts"
description: "Establishing an optional bus operator in residence program for school districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2267"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2267 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toney"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b92012f-2630-4f93-87a9-11040663bcc4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2267&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2ed871c638f110811b3ac6de2b8d2050e9b34115af393c3d458fc5c2dd8f1814"
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 HB 2267 (2021) — Establishing an optional bus operator in residence program for school districts

## 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=HB2267%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2267)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2267%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2267)
3. **HB2267 S ED AM _1 3-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2267 S ED AM _1 3-25 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2267 SFA _1 WELD 3-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2267 SFA _1 WELD 3-29 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2267 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-31 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2267 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-31 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2267%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2267)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Toney — primary (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-10** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2021-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 62) `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-27** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-29** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/29/21
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-30** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 285) `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-06** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-06** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-08** House Message received
- **2021-04-08** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 373)
- **2021-04-08** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-08** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-08** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/27/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/27/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-27** Approved by Governor 4/27/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 244, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b92012f-2630-4f93-87a9-11040663bcc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).