---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing rule-making changes to terms, procedures and reporting duties in higher education"
description: "Authorizing rule-making changes to terms, procedures and reporting duties in higher education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "West Virginia SB 543 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd676c71-5a96-4bd3-845c-277e5a8fb9e1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=543&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ce695da7c2d50ee04ee492e0bf928c7ac7bfeddf12f8ccd8c093b3e6733de26a"
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 543 (2023) — Authorizing rule-making changes to terms, procedures and reporting duties in higher education

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb543%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=543)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb543%20sub2.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=543)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb543%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=543)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb543%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=543)
5. **sb543 hfat ellington 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb543 hfat ellington 3-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-10** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 221) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 221)
- **2023-02-21** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Do pass
- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 603) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 604)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 589) `passage`
- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 589)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 177, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd676c71-5a96-4bd3-845c-277e5a8fb9e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).