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type: "Bill"
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title: "Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act"
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description: "Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 63"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 63 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ffff0df-d921-4bb9-95df-e65163695a29"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=63&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "9d44dffca419da932e365c60753a4dc6a3dff366deb409a1ca9ec3cb2168d204"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 63 (2026) — Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb63%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=63)
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2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb63%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=63)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb63%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=63)
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4. **Motion to dispense the second reference adopted (Roll No. 386)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2026/RS/votes/house/00386.pdf)
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5. **sb63 h edu am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb63%20h%20edu%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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6. **sb63 hfat statler 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb63%20hfat%20statler%203-12%20adopted.htm)
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7. **sb63 sfa rucker _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb63%20sfa%20rucker%20_1%202-27%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- DISPENSE 2ND REFERENCE — **82–12** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **70–21** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **29–4** (pass) · upper
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- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **78–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rucker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-14** To School Choice then Finance
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- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** To School Choice
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- **2026-02-06** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-26** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-27** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
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- **2026-02-27** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 251) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Ordered to House
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- **2026-03-02** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-03-02** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** To House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-08** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-03-11** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-11** Motion to dispense the second reference adopted (Roll No. 386)
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- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 514) `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 515)
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- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-14** House Message received
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- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 662)
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- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 663)
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- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
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- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-25** Chapter 116, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ffff0df-d921-4bb9-95df-e65163695a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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