---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating adult education taskforce"
description: "Creating adult education taskforce"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "West Virginia SB 146 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34028ae7-187b-4945-a4b3-c6fc015f2e33"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=146&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "825a37514fa62d2e5eb6efe966014e370650f22fc6f00ddfc369ac9d8b90f44a"
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 146 (2024) — Creating adult education taskforce

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb146%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=146)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb146%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=146)
3. **sb146 h edu am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb146%20h%20edu%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
4. **sb146 sfa takubo _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb146%20sfa%20takubo%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb146 sfat takubo _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb146%20sfat%20takubo%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **92–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-01-10** Immediate consideration
- **2024-01-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-12** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 7) `passage`
- **2024-01-12** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 494) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-08** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 426)
- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 735)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 101, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34028ae7-187b-4945-a4b3-c6fc015f2e33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).