---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission"
description: "Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "West Virginia SB 547 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58dffe3b-fe4b-492a-b8b9-89a7622eae30"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=547&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ae180008ab692a510f40239b83812c31a76f8fe4e1a558bd2706c664bffa92fa"
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 547 (2024) — Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission

## 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=sb547%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=547)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb547%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=547)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-25** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 106) `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 106)
- **2024-02-07** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-08** Reference dispensed
- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 145) `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 146)
- **2024-02-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-12** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-13** House Message received
- **2024-02-16** To Governor 2/16/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-19** To Governor 2/19/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-22** Approved by Governor 2/22/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-23** Approved by Governor 2/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-23** Approved by Governor 2/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 178, 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/58dffe3b-fe4b-492a-b8b9-89a7622eae30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).