republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/sb-636.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Requiring certain history and civics courses be taught in schools	Requiring certain history and civics courses be taught in schools	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	SB 636	West Virginia SB 636 (2021)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Rucker	5	47	1	2021-03-12	2021-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/0b088fa9-2c2d-49cd-9c73-9df36c18913c	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=636&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	01d5538689f163d9dfa74e5433b2eb6214fe4689f9846d669b06ed12ced8a33b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 636 (2021) — Requiring certain history and civics courses be taught in schools

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. SB636 H ED AM 4-1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB636 H ED AM 4-1 adopted.htm)
5. SB636 HFAT ELLINGTON 4-8 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB636 HFAT ELLINGTON 4-8 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Rucker — primary (person)
• Karnes — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Stollings — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-12 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-03-12 To Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-12 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-03-12 To Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Committee substitute reported
• 2021-03-18 On 1st reading
• 2021-03-18 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-19 On 2nd reading
• 2021-03-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-22 On 3rd reading
• 2021-03-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-22 Passed Senate (Roll No. 160) passage
• 2021-03-22 Ordered to House
• 2021-03-23 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-03-23 To Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 To House Education referral-committee
• 2021-04-01 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2021-04-02 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-04-05 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-05 Placed on House Calendar
• 2021-04-07 On 2nd reading, House Calendar
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Special Calender
• 2021-04-07 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-07 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-04-08 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-08 Passed House (Roll No. 522) passage
• 2021-04-08 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-04-08 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-10 House Message received
• 2021-04-10 Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
• 2021-04-10 Communicated to House
• 2021-04-10 House received Senate message
• 2021-04-10 House receded (Roll No. 651)
• 2021-04-10 Passed House (Roll No. 652) passage
• 2021-04-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-10 Completed legislative action
• 2021-04-10 House Message received
• 2021-04-16 To Governor 4/16/21 executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-26 Approved by Governor 4/26/21 executive-signature
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
• 2021-05-24 Chapter 96, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b088fa9-2c2d-49cd-9c73-9df36c18913c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).