republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/sb-543.md

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Bill	Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education	Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2024	SB 543	West Virginia SB 543 (2024)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Maynard	2	31	2	2024-01-24	2024-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/701c730d-67ce-4a86-8029-2c146d3fc951	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=543&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	950e8c191159a6de77c8ca35613a309e4a82525f94173fc0becd2df1ef7e9e18	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 543 (2024) — Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education

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

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 95–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maynard — primary (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
• Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
• Queen — cosponsor (person)
• Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-24 To Economic Development referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-01-24 To Economic Development referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 On 1st reading
• 2024-02-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-05 On 2nd reading
• 2024-02-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 On 3rd reading
• 2024-02-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Passed Senate (Roll No. 99) passage
• 2024-02-06 Ordered to House
• 2024-02-07 Introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-07 Immediate consideration
• 2024-02-07 Reference dispensed
• 2024-02-08 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-07 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-08 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-09 Passed House (Roll No. 134) passage
• 2024-02-09 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-02-09 Completed legislative action
• 2024-02-12 House Message received
• 2024-02-14 To Governor 2/14/2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-02-16 To Governor 2/16/2024 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-02-20 Approved by Governor 2/20/2024 executive-signature
• 2024-02-21 Approved by Governor 2/20/2024 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2024-04-23 Chapter 156, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/701c730d-67ce-4a86-8029-2c146d3fc951. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).