republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-319.md

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Bill	Allowing individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma	Allowing individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 319	West Virginia SB 319 (2018)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Rucker	4	45	3	2018-01-18	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/90c2bd10-1379-41f4-9600-28edf7b0207e	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=319&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	474d4686d41e90e27199428dee4d78f31e78f583b8c5ffc6b0ed23bba0e66d80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 319 (2018) — Allowing individuals who completed home schooling be eligible for PROMISE scholarship without equivalent diploma

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — 96–3 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 93–6 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Rucker — primary (person)
• Azinger — cosponsor (person)
• Boso — cosponsor (person)
• Clements — cosponsor (person)
• Cline — cosponsor (person)
• Drennan — cosponsor (person)
• Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
• Karnes — cosponsor (person)
• Maroney — cosponsor (person)
• Plymale — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
• Takubo — cosponsor (person)
• Trump — cosponsor (person)
• Unger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-18 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-01-18 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2018-01-18 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-01-18 To Education referral-committee
• 2018-02-09 Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
• 2018-02-09 To Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
• 2018-02-16 On 1st reading
• 2018-02-16 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-19 On 2nd reading
• 2018-02-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 On 3rd reading
• 2018-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed Senate (Roll No. 152) passage
• 2018-02-20 Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 152)
• 2018-02-20 Ordered to House
• 2018-02-21 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-21 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 To House Education referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2018-03-02 2nd reference dispensed
• 2018-03-03 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-03 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-05 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-05 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2018-03-06 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-06 Passed House (Roll No. 341) passage
• 2018-03-06 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2018-03-06 Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 342)
• 2018-03-06 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-07 House Message received
• 2018-03-07 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 374)
• 2018-03-07 Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 374)
• 2018-03-07 Communicated to House
• 2018-03-07 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-08 House received Senate message
• 2018-03-14 To Governor 3/14/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/14/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/14/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
• 2018-03-20 Approved by Governor 3/20/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-04-23 Chapter 113, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90c2bd10-1379-41f4-9600-28edf7b0207e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).