---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to in-state tuition rates for certain persons"
description: "Relating generally to in-state tuition rates for certain persons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 307"
citation: "West Virginia SB 307 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)", "Military and Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87e93887-2d4c-4f4c-9108-56c774bf5c5c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=307&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "eccb550841765a5e82909f330b3ff9a60f8fd61045551965f583f890049e4002"
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 307 (2021) — Relating generally to in-state tuition rates for certain persons

## 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=SB307%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=307)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB307%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=307)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-17** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-26** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2021-03-27** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 240) `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-31** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Do pass
- **2021-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed House (Roll No. 452) `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-06** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-07** House Message received
- **2021-04-14** To Governor 4/14/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 154, 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/87e93887-2d4c-4f4c-9108-56c774bf5c5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).