republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/hb-2576.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	NIL Protection Act	NIL Protection Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2025	HB 2576	West Virginia HB 2576 (2025)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Statler	4	43	3	2025-02-18	2025-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/506895a8-ffde-4a13-9b98-6277f81daad8	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2576&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	742a8b328440f3d7cd0b8b1173d47f47607841b77fe6d66ee4bf770e3a5eaa80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 2576 (2025) — NIL Protection Act

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 96–4 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 96–4 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 31–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Statler — primary (person)
• Amos — cosponsor (person)
• Cannon, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
• Ellington — cosponsor (person)
• Linville — cosponsor (person)
• Lucas — cosponsor (person)
• Maynor — cosponsor (person)
• McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• Riley — cosponsor (person)
• Worrell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-18 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-18 To Education then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-18 Introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-18 To House Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-07 By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary
• 2025-03-07 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Markup Discussion
• 2025-03-27 Do pass
• 2025-03-28 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-28 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-03-31 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-31 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-01 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-04-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-01 Passed House (Roll No. 312) passage
• 2025-04-01 Effective from passage (Roll No. 313)
• 2025-04-01 Communicated to Senate
• 2025-04-02 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2025-04-02 To Education referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 To Education referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2025-04-08 Immediate consideration
• 2025-04-08 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-04-09 On 2nd reading
• 2025-04-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-09 Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
• 2025-04-10 On 3rd reading
• 2025-04-10 Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
• 2025-04-10 Deferred until foot of 2nd reading
• 2025-04-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
• 2025-04-10 Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 461)
• 2025-04-10 Passed Senate (Roll No. 462) passage
• 2025-04-10 Effective from passage (Roll No. 463)
• 2025-04-10 Communicated to House
• 2025-04-10 Completed legislative action
• 2025-04-21 To Governor 4/21/2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2025-04-30 Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 executive-signature
• 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2025-07-30 Chapter 98, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/506895a8-ffde-4a13-9b98-6277f81daad8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).