---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions"
description: "Relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3371"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3371 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)", "Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4245dc3d-9273-4805-a310-ebcc62bd6429"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3371&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a37fdda256d5ccd55a14954b9c3cf5a0359128db73205399fee633a03419a2a6"
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 3371 (2023) — Relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions

## 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=hb3371%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3371)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3371%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3371)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-13** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-16** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** Do pass
- **2023-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 388) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading
- **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. 471) `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 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 182, 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/4245dc3d-9273-4805-a310-ebcc62bd6429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).