---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating multi-tiered system for school absenteeism"
description: "Creating multi-tiered system for school absenteeism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "West Virginia SB 568 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fe8a50e-3ac9-48b6-a5a4-895282657551"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=568&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e10461fe179a22cad3253a185a6829c205df84c909a9ccc2b94aa77c847fa72a"
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 568 (2024) — Creating multi-tiered system for school absenteeism

## 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=sb568%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=568)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb568%20sub2.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=568)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb568%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=568)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb568%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=568)
5. **sb568 hfa ellington 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb568%20hfa%20ellington%203-7%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb568 hfat ellington 3-8 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb568%20hfat%20ellington%203-8%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb568 sfa trump _2 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb568%20sfa%20trump%20_2%203-9%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb568 sfat trump _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb568%20sfat%20trump%20_1%203-8%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Boley — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-26** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-26** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-02-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-23** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 258) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Do pass
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 666) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 485)
- **2024-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 754)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/24/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 105, 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/3fe8a50e-3ac9-48b6-a5a4-895282657551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).