---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing BOE to hire retired teachers to assist with tutoring"
description: "Allowing BOE to hire retired teachers to assist with tutoring"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 688"
citation: "West Virginia SB 688 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f67aff4-dd8a-4ca2-bfc5-fdfa40eac401"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=688&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9a2548fece31286cba2c33e0901bef56bb29aaf8f82092bfe41e71d030154d5a"
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 688 (2023) — Allowing BOE to hire retired teachers to assist with tutoring

## 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=sb688%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=688)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb688%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=688)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb688%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=688)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-20** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 299) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** Do pass
- **2023-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 561) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-09** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 132, 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/7f67aff4-dd8a-4ca2-bfc5-fdfa40eac401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).