---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing county boards of education to publish financial statements on website"
description: "Allowing county boards of education to publish financial statements on website"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 651"
citation: "West Virginia SB 651 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a63cf251-86dd-4cce-8caa-68e21c484f2c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=651&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2053197a062a7bd43aa356edc16d43746be1079ae54e0ecf5353450793628b54"
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 651 (2021) — Allowing county boards of education to publish financial statements on website

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB651%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=651)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB651%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=651)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB651%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=651)
4. **SB651 H ED AM 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB651 H ED AM 4-1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB651 HFAT ELLINGTON 4-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB651 HFAT ELLINGTON 4-6 adopted.htm)
6. **SB651 SFA TRUMP 3-24 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB651 SFA TRUMP 3-24 _2 adopted.htm)
7. **SB651 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB651 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-25 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-17** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-23** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/23/21
- **2021-03-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-25** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 197) `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-25** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2021-04-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed House (Roll No. 468) `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-07** House Message received
- **2021-04-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 338)
- **2021-04-07** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-07** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-07** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-13** To Governor 4/13/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 97, 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/a63cf251-86dd-4cce-8caa-68e21c484f2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).