---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring public schools to publish curriculum online at beginning of each new school year"
description: "Requiring public schools to publish curriculum online at beginning of each new school year"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 422"
citation: "West Virginia SB 422 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d78831c4-3b30-4fe0-ad20-fa44d85bf8f8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=422&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "01a704bb7ed1e199e75f339559e38f205c2d453d95151c278002a18754b4bb9a"
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 SB 422 (2023) — Requiring public schools to publish curriculum online at beginning of each new school year

## 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=sb422%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=422)
2. **Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 616)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00616.pdf)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb422%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=422)
4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb422%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=422)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb422%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=422)
6. **sb422 h ed am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb422 h ed am adopted.htm)
7. **sb422 hfat ellington 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb422 hfat ellington 3-9 adopted.htm)
8. **sb422 sfa grady _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb422 sfa grady _1 2-27 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-23** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 311) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Ordered to House
- **2023-03-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 616)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 655) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 585)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/21/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor 3/21/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/21/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 128, 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/d78831c4-3b30-4fe0-ad20-fa44d85bf8f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).