---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising the training requirements for members of the Higher Education Policy Commission, Council for Community and Technical College Education and the institutional governing boards"
description: "Revising the training requirements for members of the Higher Education Policy Commission, Council for Community and Technical College Education and the institutional governing boards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3441"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3441 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96beb42f-6139-4188-a1ff-69d328f7adee"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3441&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b227698e562db0814a146070ec2c007f9c90d3e6086b8225b408135aca07d54b"
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 3441 (2023) — Revising the training requirements for members of the Higher Education Policy Commission, Council for Community and Technical College Education and the institutional governing boards

## 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=hb3441%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3441)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3441%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3441)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Do pass
- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-21** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-02-23** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2023-02-23** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 228) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **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. 473) `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 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 183, 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/96beb42f-6139-4188-a1ff-69d328f7adee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).