republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-488.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	Aligning state and federal accreditation rules	Aligning state and federal accreditation rules	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2023	SB 488	West Virginia SB 488 (2023)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Rucker	3	38	2	2023-01-27	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3c6d15f8-03a7-48b7-aeac-611f938256fe	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=488&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	1fa72d6fbbdba86a242debb48b7c5bbac1d2cdcc910becc31e924d7204a9c9d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 488 (2023) — Aligning state and federal accreditation rules

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. sb488 hfat ellington 3-7 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb488 hfat ellington 3-7 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rucker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-27 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-01-27 To Education referral-committee
• 2023-01-27 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-01-27 To Education referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2023-02-17 On 1st reading
• 2023-02-17 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-02-20 On 2nd reading
• 2023-02-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-02-21 On 3rd reading
• 2023-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-02-21 Passed Senate (Roll No. 220) passage
• 2023-02-21 Ordered to House
• 2023-02-21 Introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-21 To Education referral-committee
• 2023-02-21 To House Education referral-committee
• 2023-03-06 Do pass
• 2023-03-07 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-07 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-03-08 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-03-09 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-03-09 Passed House (Roll No. 602) passage
• 2023-03-09 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2023-03-09 Communicated to Senate
• 2023-03-11 House Message received
• 2023-03-11 Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
• 2023-03-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 588) passage
• 2023-03-11 Communicated to House
• 2023-03-11 Completed legislative action
• 2023-03-17 To Governor 3/17/2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-03-11 To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-03-11 To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-03-29 Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 executive-signature
• 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Chapter 176, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c6d15f8-03a7-48b7-aeac-611f938256fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).