republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2023/hb-2596.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	To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied	To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2023	HB 2596	West Virginia HB 2596 (2023)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Toney	9	42	1	2023-01-17	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/6ca80d63-adfc-4235-813e-d2162037508d	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2596&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	ec5bf7668f5c19247a36f91dec9fc35ba02d98c8737c2916f3b9df294eb2c82a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 2596 (2023) — To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied

Version chain

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

1. Amendment adopted (Roll No. 60) (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
6. hb2596 hfa summers 1-30 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2596 hfa summers 1-30 _1 adopted.htm)
7. hb2596 hfat ellington 2-1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2596 hfat ellington 2-1 adopted.htm)
8. hb2596 s ed am _1 2-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2596 s ed am _1 2-14 adopted.htm)
9. hb2596 s ed amt _1 2-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2596 s ed amt _1 2-14 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Toney — primary (person)
• Cooper — cosponsor (person)
• Ellington — cosponsor (person)
• Foggin — cosponsor (person)
• Heckert — cosponsor (person)
• Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
• Statler — cosponsor (person)
• Vance — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-17 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-01-17 To Education referral-committee
• 2023-01-17 Introduced in House introduction
• 2023-01-17 To House Education referral-committee
• 2023-01-26 By substitute, do pass
• 2023-01-27 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-01-27 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-01-30 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-01-30 Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 1/31/23
• 2023-01-31 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-01-31 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-01-31 Amendment adopted (Roll No. 60)
• 2023-02-01 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-02-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-02-01 Passed House (Roll No. 62) passage
• 2023-02-01 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-02-01 Communicated to Senate
• 2023-02-02 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-02-02 To Education referral-committee
• 2023-02-02 To Education referral-committee
• 2023-02-15 Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment committee-passage
• 2023-02-16 On 1st reading
• 2023-02-16 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-02-17 On 2nd reading
• 2023-02-17 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-02-17 Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-02-20 On 3rd reading
• 2023-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-02-20 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 216) passage
• 2023-02-20 Senate requests House to concur
• 2023-02-22 House received Senate message
• 2023-02-22 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 195)
• 2023-02-22 Communicated to Senate
• 2023-02-22 Completed legislative action
• 2023-02-23 House Message received
• 2023-02-27 To Governor 2/27/2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-02-27 To Governor 2/27/2023 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-02-28 To Governor 2/27/2023 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-03-06 Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2023-03-06 Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2023-03-04 Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Chapter 134, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ca80d63-adfc-4235-813e-d2162037508d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).