---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to removing specific continuing education requirements"
description: "Relating to removing specific continuing education requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3317"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3317 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2be15b5b-9f30-427c-b3a3-a771ba5eda9d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3317&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d5832d2c0bd94301c55888a05520a274ca79c593ecfabfda3ac474f24dd427f0"
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 3317 (2023) — Relating to removing specific continuing education requirements

## 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=hb3317%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3317)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3317%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3317)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3317%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3317)
4. **hb3317 s h_hr am _1 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3317 s h_hr am _1 2-20 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3317 s h_hr amt _1 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3317 s h_hr amt _1 2-18 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Summers — primary (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-07** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 161) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Effective from passage (Roll No. 162)
- **2023-02-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-25** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 280) `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 280)
- **2023-02-25** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-03** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 439)
- **2023-03-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 440)
- **2023-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-06** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** To Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 239, 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/2be15b5b-9f30-427c-b3a3-a771ba5eda9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).