republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5354.md

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Bill	Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education	Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5354	West Virginia HB 5354 (2026)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Statler	3	39	3	2026-02-09	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e1b14c77-f332-4e6c-86d5-f81c6c01b4d5	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5354&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	6cc9f64d9d6d55f356d05b91db8a33d80ad99d52bd34fd7571a356d0147ed98f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5354 (2026) — Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 94–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 94–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Statler — primary (person)
• Toney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-09 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-09 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-09 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-25 Do pass
• 2026-02-26 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-26 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-27 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-02 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Passed House (Roll No. 243) passage
• 2026-03-02 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-04 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-04 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 On 1st reading
• 2026-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-09 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-09 Laid over on 2nd reading 3/9/2026
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 468) passage
• 2026-03-11 Effective from passage (Roll No. 469)
• 2026-03-11 Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date
• 2026-03-13 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-13 Effective from passage (Roll No. 503)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-13 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 222, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1b14c77-f332-4e6c-86d5-f81c6c01b4d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).