---
type: "Bill"
title: "Make public charter schools eligible for Safe Schools Funds"
description: "Make public charter schools eligible for Safe Schools Funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2827"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2827 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3e490c8-a530-4f26-82bf-3959f31bb690"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2827&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f4868c73c1471ab5f1841854cf05fa2c766fa04c451aa283b10a4a076e64a2cc"
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 2827 (2023) — Make public charter schools eligible for Safe Schools Funds

## 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=hb2827%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2827)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2827%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2827)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-19** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2023-01-24** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Do pass
- **2023-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-21** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-02-22** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2023-02-22** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 211) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 381) `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 137, 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/f3e490c8-a530-4f26-82bf-3959f31bb690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).