---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting certain kindergarten and preschool programs offered by private schools from registration requirements"
description: "Exempting certain kindergarten and preschool programs offered by private schools from registration requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "West Virginia SB 89 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 56
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74e9798a-b933-4130-99c3-db5847985588"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=89&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e42fda888c9fb2a09ba78ed83f354284bc16c86cd458171e3dea2e7fee9b735b"
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 89 (2021) — Exempting certain kindergarten and preschool programs offered by private schools from registration requirements

## 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=SB89%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=89)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB89%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=89)
3. **SB89 H ED AM _ 1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB89 H ED AM _ 1 3-8 adopted.htm)
4. **SB89 HFA HIGGINBOTHAM 3-12 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB89 HFA  HIGGINBOTHAM 3-12 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB89 HFAT HIGGINBOTHAM adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB89 HFAT HIGGINBOTHAM adopted.htm)
6. **SB89 SFA _2 RUCKER 3-15 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB89 SFA _2 RUCKER 3-15 adopted.htm)
7. **Second Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB89%20ENR2.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=89)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rucker — 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`
- **2021-02-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2021-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 31) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2021-03-12** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 132) `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-17** House Message received
- **2021-03-17** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 136)
- **2021-03-17** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-03-18** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-18** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 186)
- **2021-03-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-18** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-19** House Message received
- **2021-03-23** To Governor 3/23/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-25** To Governor 3/23/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Vetoed by Governor 3/26/21 `executive-veto`
- **2021-04-01** Vetoed by Governor 3/26/21 - Senate Journal `executive-veto`
- **2021-04-05** Vetoed by Governor 3/26/21 - House Journal `executive-veto`
- **2021-04-01** Senate amended, repassed bill as result of Governor's Veto (Roll No. 294)
- **2021-04-01** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-05** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-05** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-05** Repassed House to meet the objections of the Governor (Roll No. 426)
- **2021-04-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-05** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-06** House Message received
- **2021-04-08** To Governor 4/8/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** To Governor 4/8/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 49, 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/74e9798a-b933-4130-99c3-db5847985588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).