---
type: "Bill"
title: "NIL Protection Act"
description: "NIL Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2576"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2576 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Statler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/506895a8-ffde-4a13-9b98-6277f81daad8"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2576&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "742a8b328440f3d7cd0b8b1173d47f47607841b77fe6d66ee4bf770e3a5eaa80"
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 2576 (2025) — NIL Protection Act

## 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=hb2576%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2576)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2576%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2576)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2576%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2576)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2576%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2576)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Statler — primary (person)
- Amos — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-18** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-18** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2025-03-07** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-27** Do pass
- **2025-03-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Passed House (Roll No. 312) `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 313)
- **2025-04-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-02** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-10** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-10** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
- **2025-04-10** Deferred until foot of 2nd reading
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
- **2025-04-10** Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 461)
- **2025-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 462) `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 463)
- **2025-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** Chapter 98, 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/506895a8-ffde-4a13-9b98-6277f81daad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).