---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff"
description: "Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 487"
citation: "West Virginia SB 487 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c5f3a81-d728-48dc-bf5f-3469f167cc37"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=487&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8ae3f645c9a71b414fde145e683d285d0837c498905f567c05116769de67348f"
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 487 (2024) — Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb487%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=487)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb487%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=487)
3. **sb487 hfa statler 3-5 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb487%20hfa%20statler%203-5%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stover — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 84) `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Do pass
- **2024-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-05** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 502) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** House Message received
- **2024-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 400)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 243, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c5f3a81-d728-48dc-bf5f-3469f167cc37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).