---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation"
description: "Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2548"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2548 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Rule Making Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7ea6496-16e8-4a51-911b-f6984a0c1237"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2548&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5f3bf2cdf8acb7640285e321a6f3c93f7839b19169f564dde92ca06f3083208a"
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 HB 2548 (2025) — Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2548%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2548)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2548%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2548)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2548%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2548)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2548%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2548)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hornby — primary (person)
- Akers — cosponsor (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-18** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Passed House (Roll No. 122) `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-03-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-21** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31** Immediate consideration
- **2025-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 299) `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-02** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-03** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-07** To Governor 4/7/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07** To Governor 4/7/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** To Governor 4/7/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/12/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-14** Approved by Governor 4/12/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 215, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7ea6496-16e8-4a51-911b-f6984a0c1237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).