---
type: "Bill"
title: "To provide HOPE Scholarship recipients with the ability to play sports"
description: "To provide HOPE Scholarship recipients with the ability to play sports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2820"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2820 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crouse"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87cc1e58-9127-4e63-a063-87ab239e4b3e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2820&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "329f40f404af143e81ceb64f900327133cfb7f50d29ff4782d5b9899f72e2cde"
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 HB 2820 (2023) — To provide HOPE Scholarship recipients with the ability to play sports

## 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=hb2820%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2820)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2820%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2820)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2820%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2820)
4. **hb2820 s rul am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2820 s rul am _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
5. **hb2820 s rul amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2820 s rul amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
6. **hb2820 sfa rucker _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2820 sfa rucker _1 3-8 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **28–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crouse — primary (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon — cosponsor (person)
- Dillon — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-19** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-14** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 171) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** To School Choice
- **2023-02-17** To School Choice
- **2023-02-23** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-25** Referred to Rules on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-08** Deferred until foot of 1st reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** School Choice committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2023-03-08** Rules Committee Amendment Reported
- **2023-03-08** Rucker amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** Rules committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 445) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 764)
- **2023-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 765) `passage`
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** To Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Became law 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-11** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2023-03-11** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 136, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87cc1e58-9127-4e63-a063-87ab239e4b3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).