---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring county superintendents to authorize certain school principals or administrators at nonpublic schools to issue work permits for enrolled students"
description: "Requiring county superintendents to authorize certain school principals or administrators at nonpublic schools to issue work permits for enrolled students"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 435"
citation: "West Virginia SB 435 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9af8c3b4-605b-4084-a93c-dad34676a46e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=435&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ebae4b5a510034c68a722d13733ae550deeaf17d7e5b71c7e64deb25f79650d5"
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 435 (2021) — Requiring county superintendents to authorize certain school principals or administrators at nonpublic schools to issue work permits for enrolled students

## 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=SB435%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=435)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB435%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=435)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB435%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=435)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-04** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 93) `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** 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. 292) `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 168, 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/9af8c3b4-605b-4084-a93c-dad34676a46e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).