---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission"
description: "Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 636"
citation: "West Virginia SB 636 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)", "Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cd40aa9-7b64-4bdb-b16e-71ce9e331c0e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=636&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d31f4849325b129aa21a12430d9249b66ae7419d2fb60920753aef63c1224fbf"
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 636 (2019) — Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb636%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=636)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb636%20org.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=636)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Originating in Senate Education
- **2019-02-15** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 179) `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 179)
- **2019-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Do pass
- **2019-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 430) `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 431)
- **2019-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-05** House Message received
- **2019-03-11** To Governor 3/19/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/11/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/11/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 135, 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/7cd40aa9-7b64-4bdb-b16e-71ce9e331c0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).