---
type: "Bill"
title: "To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades."
description: "To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3055"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3055 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f157b28e-8c92-413e-9f86-7f7d5c689c96"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3055&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "77c0f45f59c94cd68bbc543982b1d2440e5e71ed2582428152a53bbca0fc7e6d"
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 3055 (2023) — To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades.

## 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=hb3055%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3055)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3055%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3055)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3055%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3055)
4. **hb3055 s ed am _1 2-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3055 s ed am _1 2-9 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Willis — primary (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-25** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 85) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-15** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 190) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-02-22** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-22** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 196)
- **2023-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-22** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-23** House Message received
- **2023-02-27** To Governor 2/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** To Governor 2/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** To Governor 2/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-04** Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 139, 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/f157b28e-8c92-413e-9f86-7f7d5c689c96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).