republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/sb-657.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	Relating to free expression on state institution of higher education campuses	Relating to free expression on state institution of higher education campuses	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	SB 657	West Virginia SB 657 (2021)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Phillips	7	37	1	2021-03-17	2021-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/0a8d68eb-d548-4a9b-b405-9e606b81b679	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=657&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	37564e35e0d1c31897e7e801150a7f1cc4ece2be5d2eb9ba8c0cbdbb7713a049	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 657 (2021) — Relating to free expression on state institution of higher education campuses

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. Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
6. SB657 SFA _1 RUCKER 3-27 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB657 SFA _1 RUCKER 3-27 adopted.htm)
7. SB657 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-27 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB657 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-27 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Phillips — primary (person)
• Azinger — cosponsor (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)
• Karnes — cosponsor (person)
• Maynard — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
• Tarr — cosponsor (person)
• Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-17 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-03-17 To Education then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-03-17 To Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
• 2021-03-19 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
• 2021-03-27 On 1st reading
• 2021-03-27 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-29 On 2nd reading
• 2021-03-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-29 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-30 On 3rd reading
• 2021-03-30 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-30 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 250) passage
• 2021-03-30 Ordered to House
• 2021-03-31 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-03-31 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-31 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 Do pass
• 2021-04-07 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-07 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-04-08 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-09 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-09 Passed House (Roll No. 568) passage
• 2021-04-09 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-09 Completed legislative action
• 2021-04-10 House Message received
• 2021-04-20 To Governor 4/20/21 executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/20/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/20/21 - 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 156, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a8d68eb-d548-4a9b-b405-9e606b81b679. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).