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type: "Bill"
title: "Require agencies to develop and maintain an inventory of available services for single parents wanting to obtain degrees, secure training or reenter the workforce"
description: "Require agencies to develop and maintain an inventory of available services for single parents wanting to obtain degrees, secure training or reenter the workforce"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2515"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2515 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/421928c2-52a0-46f7-a6f8-e26a538cc7e6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2515&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3c459980eccd4fab75bc824b863161f7ba002e9ccd9a92e12c6cd97665bc050c"
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 HB 2515 (2023) — Require agencies to develop and maintain an inventory of available services for single parents wanting to obtain degrees, secure training or reenter the workforce
## 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=hb2515%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2515)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2515%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2515)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2515%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2515)
4. **hb2515 s gov am _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2515 s gov am _1 3-5 adopted.htm)
5. **hb2515 s gov amt _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2515 s gov amt _1 3-5 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Howell — primary (person)
- Cannon — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Honaker — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12** To Workforce Development then Government Organization
- **2023-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** To House Workforce Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-14** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 165) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** To Workforce then Government Organization
- **2023-02-17** To Workforce
- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading to Government Organization
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 428) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 584)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-10** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/21/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/21/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 190, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/421928c2-52a0-46f7-a6f8-e26a538cc7e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).