---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to adjunct teaching permits"
description: "Relating to adjunct teaching permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 155"
citation: "West Virginia SB 155 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0397f535-5c4e-4979-9896-15a1d803b5cf"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=155&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "088da5a371503d1d2dc5f595bcbfbecc9446d0eb9dc733dc7fd38ba67ba584da"
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 155 (2026) — Relating to adjunct teaching permits

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb155%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=155)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb155%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=155)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb155%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=155)
4. **sb155 h ed am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb155%20h%20ed%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb155 sfa martin _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb155%20sfa%20martin%20_1%203-10%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb155 sfat grady _1 2-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb155%20sfat%20grady%20_1%202-4%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb155 sfat martin _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb155%20sfat%20martin%20_1%203-10%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **89–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **92–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 42) `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-02-04** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 362) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-10** House Message received
- **2026-03-10** Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 419)
- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 660)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 117, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0397f535-5c4e-4979-9896-15a1d803b5cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).