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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishing the West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources"
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description: "Establishing the West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2853"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2853 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education (Higher)", "Education (K12)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Higginbotham"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-06"
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last_action: "2019-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c588271d-ddfd-41e4-ac16-dfa178e4a94d"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2853&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "10d5e10cf4277d096ea2467b10bfdb9f6f4ce0e0140b8e44952028d647463779"
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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 HB 2853 (2019) — Establishing the West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources
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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. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2853%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2853)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2853%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2853)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Higginbotham — primary (person)
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- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
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- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Queen — cosponsor (person)
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- Skaff — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2019-02-06** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2019-02-06** To House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-22** Do pass
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- **2019-02-22** Immediate consideration
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- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 326) `passage`
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- **2019-02-26** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2019-02-26** Communicated to Senate
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- **2019-02-27** House Message received
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- **2019-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-02-27** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-02** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-02** Immediate consideration
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- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-02** On 2nd reading to Finance
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- **2019-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-06** On 2nd reading
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- **2019-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-07** On 3rd reading
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- **2019-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 400) `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Communicated to House
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- **2019-03-07** Completed legislative action
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- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
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- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
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- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-11** Chapter 168, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
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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/c588271d-ddfd-41e4-ac16-dfa178e4a94d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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