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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University."
description: "Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3297"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3297 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGeehan"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03c75291-fd4d-4c9a-88aa-9eb12f5bc8d3"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3297&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "da54b99f462aef1a04b675ef9e6446de4a42706c47be4d8189e81c3dec66c38c"
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 3297 (2025) — Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University.
## 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=hb3297%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3297)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3297%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3297)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3297%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3297)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3297%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3297)
5. **hb3297 hfat kelly 4-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3297%20hfat%20kelly%204-12%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb3297 hfat mcgeehan 4-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3297%20hfat%20mcgeehan%204-12%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb3297 s fin am _1 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3297%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%204-9%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb3297 sfa oliverio _1 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3297%20sfa%20oliverio%20_1%204-11%20adopted.htm)
9. **hb3297 sfa stuart _1 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3297%20sfa%20stuart%20_1%204-11%20adopted.htm)
10. **hb3297 sfat stuart _1 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3297%20sfat%20stuart%20_1%204-11%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **8610** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **877** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **259** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- McGeehan — primary (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** Passed House (Roll No. 148) `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-03-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2025-04-11** Stuart amends to com. amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Oliverio amends to com. amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 495) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Com. title amend withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2025-04-11** Stuart title amendment adopted
- **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 564)
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 586)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 149, 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/03c75291-fd4d-4c9a-88aa-9eb12f5bc8d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).