---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation"
description: "Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 825"
citation: "West Virginia SB 825 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/259b06f3-0aea-40b6-a9a8-58099ecba5c4"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=825&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9dd9ae0a48d74bfe40b8dc8cfb70f1d268361b6677a7371ef431c05fa4faac3b"
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 825 (2025) — Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation

## 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=sb825%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=825)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb825%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=825)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb825%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=825)
4. **sb825 hfa criss 4-11 _1 revised adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb825%20hfa%20criss%204-11%20_1%20revised%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb825 hfat criss 4-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb825%20hfat%20criss%204-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb825 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb825%20hfin%20am%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **92–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **88–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-20** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-25** Immediate consideration
- **2025-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 198) `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-27** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-27** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Passed House (Roll No. 521) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 522)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 578)
- **2025-04-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 579)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 145, 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/259b06f3-0aea-40b6-a9a8-58099ecba5c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).