---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for additional options for alternative certification for teachers"
description: "Providing for additional options for alternative certification for teachers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "West Virginia SB 14 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df3cd12-57db-41db-b3c3-ef82a9717936"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=14&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "874a072b0fe64d301ca843a9802d304fd8b69049621b90650b22d0652a95fe73"
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 14 (2021) — Providing for additional options for alternative certification for teachers

## 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=SB14%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=14)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB14%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=14)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB14%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=14)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-10** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2021-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 14) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2021-02-24** Reference dispensed
- **2021-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 58) `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-02-26** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-01** House Message received
- **2021-03-04** To Governor 3/4/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-05** To Governor 3/4/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-05** To Governor 3/4/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/10/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/10/21 - House Journal
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/10/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 240, 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/2df3cd12-57db-41db-b3c3-ef82a9717936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).