---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring certain transcripts to be accepted as record of student's performance for placement in micro school programs"
description: "Requiring certain transcripts to be accepted as record of student's performance for placement in micro school programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 625"
citation: "West Virginia SB 625 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5f5a65f-0113-441d-9d3d-30c4ebf3f0ff"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=625&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ad7d8a6adc25da9907d8019bd16c65b6d53ce5d8c522ded324bfe53e1f9f6088"
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 625 (2023) — Requiring certain transcripts to be accepted as record of student's performance for placement in micro school programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb625%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=625)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb625%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=625)
3. **sb625 h ed am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb625 h ed am _1 adopted.htm)
4. **sb625 hfat ellington 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb625 hfat ellington 3-8 adopted.htm)
5. **sb625 s sc amt _1 2-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb625 s sc amt _1 2-21 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-14** To School Choice
- **2023-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** To School Choice
- **2023-02-23** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-25** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 275) `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-08** Amendment pending
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 608) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House receded and passed (Roll No. 775)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 131, 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/f5f5a65f-0113-441d-9d3d-30c4ebf3f0ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).