---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving student safety"
description: "Improving student safety"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 632"
citation: "West Virginia SB 632 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 55
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8af23753-2b12-4eae-9313-cecc01b75967"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=632&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4d592ce44331d5ee798c3e3308ba2da3a8d4d998dd95b95d17ac6936fde84401"
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 632 (2019) — Improving student safety

## 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=SB632%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=632)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB632%20SUB2.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=632)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB632%20SUB2%20enr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=632)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB632%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=632)
5. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 628)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/RS/votes/house/00628.pdf)
6. **SB632 SFA _1 RUCKER 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB632 SFA _1 RUCKER 3-8 adopted.htm)
7. **SB632 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB632 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-8 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT JULY 1, 2019 — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **87–9** (pass) · lower
- DISPENSE 2ND REF. — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- DISPENSE 2ND REFERENCE — **59–40** (fail) · lower
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-15** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2019-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2019-02-23** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 278) `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 278)
- **2019-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** 2nd reference not dispensed (Roll No. 436)
- **2019-03-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** House reconsidered its action
- **2019-03-05** 2nd reference dispensed (Roll No. 438)
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 628)
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 629) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 485)
- **2019-03-09** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 485)
- **2019-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 722)
- **2019-03-09** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 723)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 94, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8af23753-2b12-4eae-9313-cecc01b75967`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).