Bill Status - 2023 Regular Session
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There are 65 bill(s) regarding Education (Higher)
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 1 | Requiring Higher Education Policy Commission to create and administer PROMISE Plus Program | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/22/23 |
| SB 10 | Campus Self-Defense Act | Signed | Effective from passage - (February 21, 2023) | ||
| SB 104 | Campus Self-Defense Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 121 | Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| SB 227 | Promise for Promise Act | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| SB 230 | Allowing voluntary immunization of students in private schools | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| SB 434 | School Safety Act | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/23/23 |
| SB 445 | Repealing outdated section of WV code relating to WV Graduate College and Marshall University | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 02/01/23 |
| SB 488 | Aligning state and federal accreditation rules | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| SB 518 | Establishing dual enrollment pilot program | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/30/23 |
| SB 543 | Authorizing rule-making changes to terms, procedures and reporting duties in higher education | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 11, 2023) | ||
| SB 578 | Hunger-Free Campus Act | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/15/23 |
| SB 602 | Enabling WVSU and Bluefield State University to offer associate degrees | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/24/23 |
| HB 2005 | Establishing the dual enrollment pilot program to be administered by the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education. | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 10, 2023) | ||
| HB 2048 | Establishing the Katherine Johnson Academy | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2077 | Gun carry allowed on college campuses | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2097 | Creation of a Higher Education Prison Task Force | Pending | House Jails and Prisons | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2149 | Establishing the Katherine Johnson Academy | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2180 | Relating to the creation and administration of a scholarship program for college students who remain in-state after graduation | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2182 | To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2273 | Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2302 | Relating to rulemaking for healthcare plans | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2381 | Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2390 | The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2401 | Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2408 | Mountaineer Games Sports League | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2421 | The Campus Self Defense Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2457 | Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2465 | Increase access to and amount covered of the promise scholarship to ensure full ride regardless of tuition costs, double majors, or courses of interest | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2467 | Legal apprenticeships as alternatives to Law School to help those who cannot afford law school or have a disability | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2497 | Prohibit requiring Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot to attend in person classes at colleges and universities | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2504 | Relating to PROMISE Scholarship Program requirements | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/23 |
| HB 2633 | Relating to the Campus Self Defense Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/17/23 |
| HB 2800 | All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education | Signed | Effective from passage - (February 15, 2023) | ||
| HB 2801 | Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/23 |
| HB 2802 | Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| HB 2824 | Relating to campus carry | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/19/23 |
| HB 2833 | Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/24/23 |
| HB 2835 | Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 7, 2023) | ||
| HB 2941 | To extend the end date of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/06/23 |
| HB 2961 | Relating to abolishing the center for nursing and moving the functions to the Higher Education Policy Commission | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/24/23 |
| HB 2968 | Tuition and fee exemptions for service-connected Disabled Veterans and their dependents. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/03/23 |
| HB 2972 | To prohibit public university names for gender affirming care | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/24/23 |
| HB 2989 | Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia. | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/07/23 |
| HB 3000 | Universities must accept religious, medical, or right of conscience exemptions to taking vaccinations | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/24/23 |
| HB 3024 | Hunger-Free Campus Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/23 |
| HB 3046 | Fast Track for Agriculture Education Endorsement | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/03/23 |
| HB 3050 | Repeal Teacher Required CE | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/23 |
| HB 3085 | Relating to hiring a “therapist” in WVDE | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/26/23 |
| HB 3099 | To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/27/23 |
| HB 3124 | To allow non-resident students enrolled at West Virginia colleges and universities to purchase their hunting and fishing licenses at the resident rate. | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/27/23 |
| HB 3155 | Providing educational benefits to veterans who commit to WV residency | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/30/23 |
| HB 3192 | Abolishing the Center for Nursing and transferring its duties and authorities to the Higher Education Policy Commission | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/28/23 |
| HB 3218 | Relating to requiring suicide prevention resources be printed on student identification cards | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 30, 2023) | ||
| HB 3224 | Adding West Virginia Junior College to the list of eligible institutions that accept PROMISE scholarship recipients | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2023) | ||
| HB 3273 | Create State Tech Transfer Commission | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/14/23 |
| HB 3317 | Relating to removing specific continuing education requirements | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 3, 2023) | ||
| HB 3371 | Relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2023) | ||
| HB 3374 | Relating generally to waivers from tuition and other costs and fees for certain resident veterans and their resident dependents | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/23 |
| HB 3386 | To provide all National Merit Scholars free tuition to any West Virginia higher education institution in order to keep these scholars in state | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/23/23 |
| HB 3390 | Relating to the Antihazing Law | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/23 |
| HB 3408 | To clean up statutory provisions regarding the Hope Scholarship program to better reflect the intent and operation of the program | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/02/23 |
| HB 3417 | Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program” | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/07/23 |
| HB 3441 | Revising the training requirements for members of the Higher Education Policy Commission, Council for Community and Technical College Education and the institutional governing boards | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2023) | ||
| HB 3503 | Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/14/23 |