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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing noncitizen of US be eligible for teaching certificate"
description: "Allowing noncitizen of US be eligible for teaching certificate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 623"
citation: "West Virginia SB 623 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b03f9e26-e975-4e36-a942-50d1700e0566"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=623&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d9cd0ffb8cbe0932b4e0b15c148f28fe01b8dd09ed3c38ba8464d6f636e9cda6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia SB 623 (2020) — Allowing noncitizen of US be eligible for teaching certificate
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB623%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=623)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB623%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=623)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB623%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=623)
## Votes
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **970** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **322** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rucker — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-05** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 87) `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 87)
- **2020-02-07** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Do pass
- **2020-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 269) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 270)
- **2020-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-21** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-24** House Message received
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 315, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b03f9e26-e975-4e36-a942-50d1700e0566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).