republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-490.md

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Bill	Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants	Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 490	West Virginia SB 490 (2026)	bill	Economic Development	enacted	Rucker	3	36	3	2026-01-19	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/3c9b9225-7477-4993-a7d0-4803aa1f02ac	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=490&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	dc706e0bec6327649344b74eac1826011284038d1fec0a116b0c1838fc2a555a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 490 (2026) — Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell Grants

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 — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rucker — primary (person)
• Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-19 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-19 To Workforce
• 2026-01-19 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-19 To Workforce
• 2026-02-03 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-04 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-04 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-05 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-06 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-06 Passed Senate (Roll No. 49) passage
• 2026-02-06 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 50)
• 2026-02-06 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-09 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-09 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-10 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Do pass
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 422) passage
• 2026-03-13 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 423)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-13 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-13 House Message received
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
• 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
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 294, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c9b9225-7477-4993-a7d0-4803aa1f02ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).