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type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring certain history and civics courses be taught in schools"
description: "Requiring certain history and civics courses be taught in schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 636"
citation: "West Virginia SB 636 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b088fa9-2c2d-49cd-9c73-9df36c18913c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=636&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "01d5538689f163d9dfa74e5433b2eb6214fe4689f9846d669b06ed12ced8a33b"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB636%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=636)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB636%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=636)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB636%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=636)
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 — **00** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b088fa9-2c2d-49cd-9c73-9df36c18913c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).