---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma"
description: "Allowing individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 319"
citation: "West Virginia SB 319 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c2bd10-1379-41f4-9600-28edf7b0207e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=319&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "474d4686d41e90e27199428dee4d78f31e78f583b8c5ffc6b0ed23bba0e66d80"
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 319 (2018) — Allowing individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma

## 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=SB319%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=319)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB319%20SUB2.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=319)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB319%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=319)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB319%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=319)

## Votes

- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **96–3** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **93–6** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-18** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2018-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 152) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 152)
- **2018-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-21** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2018-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 341) `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-06** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 342)
- **2018-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-07** House Message received
- **2018-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 374)
- **2018-03-07** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 374)
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-14** To Governor 3/14/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/14/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/14/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 113, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90c2bd10-1379-41f4-9600-28edf7b0207e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).