---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors"
description: "Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3279"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3279 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ed9ac12-67d6-4a20-93a4-7f62a8c1c6cf"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3279&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f09e5743dad3238e57ced608b0de3baf6fd5204afee263e3720484540eb45ea3"
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 3279 (2025) — Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors

## 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=hb3279%20sub.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3279)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3279%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3279)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3279%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3279)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3279%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3279)
5. **hb3279 s gov am _1 4-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3279%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%204-4%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **68–29** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **77–20** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **62–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-10** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** To House Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-13** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-03-28** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 287) `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-08** Oliverio #2 floor amendments rejected (Roll No. 379)
- **2025-04-08** Oliverio #1 floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 380)
- **2025-04-08** Oliverio #3 floor amendments rejected (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-09** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 407) `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 408)
- **2025-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate effective date (Roll No. 599)
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2025-04-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 600)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - 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`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 141, 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/8ed9ac12-67d6-4a20-93a4-7f62a8c1c6cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).