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type: "Bill"
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title: "Aligning state and federal accreditation rules"
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description: "Aligning state and federal accreditation rules"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 488"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 488 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-27"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c6d15f8-03a7-48b7-aeac-611f938256fe"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=488&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "1fa72d6fbbdba86a242debb48b7c5bbac1d2cdcc910becc31e924d7204a9c9d7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 488 (2023) — Aligning state and federal accreditation rules
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb488%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=488)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb488%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=488)
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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)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rucker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-27** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-01-27** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading
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- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading
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- **2023-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 220) `passage`
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- **2023-02-21** Ordered to House
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- **2023-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-02-21** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-21** To House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-06** Do pass
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- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 602) `passage`
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- **2023-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-11** House Message received
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- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 588) `passage`
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- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
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- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 176, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c6d15f8-03a7-48b7-aeac-611f938256fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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