---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Higher Education Rules"
description: "Authorizing Higher Education Rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 3299"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3299 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-23"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e34e2419-c638-4180-af99-5fae39e8f5d2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3299&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6d844db722d6f71a0ba9e5a88846186fe74a1c4d8ac143c639e790c5cd7e62a7"
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 3299 (2021) — Authorizing Higher Education Rules

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3299%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3299)
2. **HB3299 S ED AM _1 4-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB3299 S ED AM _1 4-3 adopted.htm)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3299%20ORG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3299)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-23** Originating in House Education
- **2021-03-23** Do pass
- **2021-03-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Passed House (Roll No. 303) `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 427) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 601)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **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 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 158, 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/e34e2419-c638-4180-af99-5fae39e8f5d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).