---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University"
description: "Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2835"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2835 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rohrbach"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e32b5856-bbea-4518-b165-3ec9c6ea8644"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2835&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b528f6d82a91d643c77580d4c9dac673060a31793c28e21e53fc28a74cb6a8ff"
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# West Virginia HB 2835 (2023) — Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University

## 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=hb2835%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2835)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2835%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2835)
3. **hb2835 hfat ellington 1-31 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2835 hfat ellington 1-31 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rohrbach — primary (person)
- Capito — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Skaff — 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`
- **2023-01-26** Do pass
- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 53) `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-02-02** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 134) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Communicated to House
- **2023-02-06** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-07** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-14** To Governor 2/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14** To Governor 2/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-13** To Governor 2/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-17** Approved by Governor 2/17/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 71, 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/e32b5856-bbea-4518-b165-3ec9c6ea8644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).