---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising requirements of local school improvement councils"
description: "Revising requirements of local school improvement councils"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "West Virginia SB 172 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc622519-0693-49f8-932e-3f934f1b0d87"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=172&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1319bbc09546dccca589fa9aa24d19de874c65cd4c0a4a8e5c22c738e60f7e6e"
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 172 (2024) — Revising requirements of local school improvement councils

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb172%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=172)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb172%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=172)
3. **sb172 h ed am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb172%20h%20ed%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-01-10** Immediate consideration
- **2024-01-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-12** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 28) `passage`
- **2024-01-12** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-22** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 269) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-26** House Message received
- **2024-02-26** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 252)
- **2024-02-26** Communicated to House
- **2024-02-26** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-27** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-01** To Governor 3/1/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** To Governor 3/1/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor 3/7/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 102, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc622519-0693-49f8-932e-3f934f1b0d87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).