---
type: "Bill"
title: "Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants"
description: "Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 490"
citation: "West Virginia SB 490 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9b9225-7477-4993-a7d0-4803aa1f02ac"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=490&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dc706e0bec6327649344b74eac1826011284038d1fec0a116b0c1838fc2a555a"
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 490 (2026) — Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb490%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=490)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb490%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=490)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb490%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=490)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-19** To Workforce
- **2026-01-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** To Workforce
- **2026-02-03** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-04** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-05** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 49) `passage`
- **2026-02-06** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 50)
- **2026-02-06** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-09** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-10** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Do pass
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 422) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 423)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House Message received
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - 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 294, 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/3c9b9225-7477-4993-a7d0-4803aa1f02ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).