---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing for written part of drivers' exam given in high school drivers' education course"
description: "Allowing for written part of drivers' exam given in high school drivers' education course"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 356"
citation: "West Virginia SB 356 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d13d73d-ff0d-44e5-88e3-12dc647b9519"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=356&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "af2d69f5c6d57b7a3681f02c22b507cdfea054f25a37632fb84008dcc0a53f7b"
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 356 (2021) — Allowing for written part of drivers' exam given in high school drivers' education course

## 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=SB356%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=356)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB356%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=356)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB356%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=356)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-01** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 69) `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **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. 288) `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-26** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-27** House Message received
- **2021-04-01** To Governor 4/1/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** To Governor 4/1/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** Approved by Governor 4/7/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-08** Approved by Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 183, 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/2d13d73d-ff0d-44e5-88e3-12dc647b9519`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).