republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2023/sb-51.md

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Bill	Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation	Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2023	SB 51	West Virginia SB 51 (2023)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Rucker	3	41	1	2023-01-11	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f90eef81-abc7-465a-9f8c-1bc989f9cafe	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=51&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	929c39cf64bc0a447cf2dcc006a6b977947cb27c12e6eec4d7e57ed57497ddeb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 51 (2023) — Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rucker — primary (person)
• Chapman — cosponsor (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)
• Maynard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-01-11 To Education referral-committee
• 2023-01-11 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-01-11 To Education referral-committee
• 2023-01-25 Committee substitute reported
• 2023-01-26 On 1st reading
• 2023-01-26 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-01-27 On 2nd reading
• 2023-01-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-01-30 On 3rd reading
• 2023-01-30 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-01-30 Passed Senate (Roll No. 88) passage
• 2023-01-30 Ordered to House
• 2023-01-31 Introduced in House introduction
• 2023-01-31 To Education referral-committee
• 2023-01-31 To House Education referral-committee
• 2023-02-23 Do pass
• 2023-02-24 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-02-24 Placed on House Calendar
• 2023-03-02 On 1st reading, House Calendar
• 2023-03-02 From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
• 2023-03-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-03-03 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-03-03 Amendment rejected (Roll No. 462) amendment-failure
• 2023-03-04 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-04 Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/6
• 2023-03-06 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-06 Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/7
• 2023-03-07 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-03-07 Passed House (Roll No. 536) passage
• 2023-03-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2023-03-07 Completed legislative action
• 2023-03-08 House Message received
• 2023-03-10 To Governor 3/10/2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-03-11 To Governor 3/10/2023 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-03-23 Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 executive-signature
• 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Chapter 125, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f90eef81-abc7-465a-9f8c-1bc989f9cafe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).