republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/hb-2167.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public charter schools code provisions"
description: "Relating to public charter schools code provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2167"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2167 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1674189-ad96-4d40-aa6e-f50d902cdc0f"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2167&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c0a9545075f4440cb6ad3b6b50df473de3c5a32e48966230ede465b39ae30e90"
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 2167 (2025) — Relating to public charter schools code provisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2167%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2167)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2167%20sub2.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2167)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2167%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2167)
4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2167%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2167)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2167%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2167)
6. **hb2167 sfa grady _2 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2167%20sfa%20grady%20_2%204-9%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb2167 sfat grady _1 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2167%20sfat%20grady%20_1%204-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **80–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)
- Clark, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** To House Educational Choice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-04** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-26** By substitute for substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 265) `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-01** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-04** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-07** Laid over on 2nd reading 4/7/2025, com. amend pending
- **2025-04-08** Laid over on 2nd reading 4/8/2025, com. amend pending
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2025-04-10** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 427) `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-11** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 553)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-11** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-15** To Governor 4/15/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** Chapter 95, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1674189-ad96-4d40-aa6e-f50d902cdc0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).