---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education"
description: "Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "West Virginia SB 543 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/701c730d-67ce-4a86-8029-2c146d3fc951"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=543&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "950e8c191159a6de77c8ca35613a309e4a82525f94173fc0becd2df1ef7e9e18"
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 543 (2024) — Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education

## 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=sb543%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=543)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb543%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=543)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 99) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-07** Reference dispensed
- **2024-02-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 134) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-12** House Message received
- **2024-02-14** To Governor 2/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-16** To Governor 2/16/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/20/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-21** Approved by Governor 2/20/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 156, 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/701c730d-67ce-4a86-8029-2c146d3fc951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).