---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund"
description: "Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "West Virginia SB 47 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9143f4d6-d1af-4a09-ae82-89004b370db0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=47&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e9da784a785495d5d8a7a06562d309c834f087b21f87e24c911d7457e4728a31"
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 47 (2023) — Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund

## 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=sb47%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=47)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb47%20sub2.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=47)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb47%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=47)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb47%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=47)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** To School Choice then Finance
- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** To School Choice
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2023-01-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-09** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 169) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2023-03-06** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do pass
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 636) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 124, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9143f4d6-d1af-4a09-ae82-89004b370db0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).