---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding West Virginia Junior College to the list of eligible institutions that accept PROMISE scholarship recipients"
description: "Adding West Virginia Junior College to the list of eligible institutions that accept PROMISE scholarship recipients"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3224"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3224 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Statler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78c3b88a-e2c3-4a12-b1d5-f8034dac0f18"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3224&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3fce96644e169e90fdd736995f75c98478fa395e7f964dab2d071e9f76948666"
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 3224 (2023) — Adding West Virginia Junior College to the list of eligible institutions that accept PROMISE scholarship recipients

## 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=hb3224%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3224)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3224%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3224)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3224%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3224)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Statler — primary (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-09** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 343) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 466) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **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`
- **2023-03-11** 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 181, 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/78c3b88a-e2c3-4a12-b1d5-f8034dac0f18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).