---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to meetings among county boards of education"
description: "Relating to meetings among county boards of education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "West Virginia SB 99 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed68ec08-97bf-4fd4-8993-850096b06656"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=99&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "79ab571c2bf26b6cb7f6fee3e8781c0dfb1113cb73abec46d84b8c0a3034b068"
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 99 (2023) — Relating to meetings among county boards of education

## 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=sb99%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=99)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb99%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=99)
3. **sb99 s ed amt _1 2-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb99 s ed amt _1 2-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 178) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** Do pass
- **2023-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 551) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-09** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 126, 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/ed68ec08-97bf-4fd4-8993-850096b06656`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).