# West Virginia HB 2773: Higher Ed Rules West Virginia HB 2773, Higher Ed Rules, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joe Ellington (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-31 (Chapter 146, Acts, Regular Session, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2773-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: West Virginia HB 2773 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Higher Ed Rules - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-21 - Last action: 2025-07-31, Chapter 146, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 - Sponsor: Joe Ellington (Republican) - Cosponsors: 10 - Subjects: §18B-17-2, §18B-17-3 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (260 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 8 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Mental health nurses gain loan-help eligibility: benefit, medium. Beginning April 10, 2025, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners join the professions eligible to seek mental health loan repayment help. The supplied text does not state repayment amounts or the program's other eligibility requirements. - College authorization preserves private school protections: benefit, low. Beginning April 10, 2025, the degree authorization rule allows one or more listed grounds to establish good cause. The supplied text does not identify those grounds. The rule also preserves due-process and other protections for proprietary schools under state law and existing rules. - Tighter rules for PROMISE scholarship applicants: cost, high. Beginning April 10, 2025, PROMISE applicants generally must finish high school in West Virginia and earn at least half their graduation credits there. Students need at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale in both core courses and overall required coursework. Home-school applicants also must complete spec… - Medical student loans require citizenship qualifications: cost, low. Beginning April 10, 2025, West Virginia medical student loan recipients must be U.S. citizens or legal immigrants actively pursuing U.S. citizenship. Other noncitizen students do not meet this requirement. The supplied text does not state loan amounts or other eligibility terms. - Mental health loan rule adds ceiling: cost, low. Beginning April 10, 2025, one mental health loan repayment provision changes “at least” to “up to.” This turns a stated minimum into a maximum. The supplied text does not identify the amount or measure being limited. - Public colleges face campus project controls: cost, low. Beginning April 10, 2025, public college boards cannot carry out campus plans or updates without state confirmation or approval. The Higher Education Policy Commission confirms plans for its institutions; the community and technical college council approves its institutions' plans. Acquiring proper… - State college advanced placement rules repealed: mixed, low. Beginning April 10, 2025, West Virginia repeals both higher education agencies' rules on accepting Advanced Placement credit. These are the commission rule filed January 22, 2019, and the community college council rule filed September 26, 2018. The supplied text does not identify replacement polici… - State college accountability rules repealed: mixed, low. Beginning April 10, 2025, West Virginia repeals both higher education agencies' Accountability System rules. These are the commission rule filed October 4, 2019, and the community college council rule filed July 26, 2023. The supplied text does not describe their requirements or replacement policie… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joe Ellington (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Clark, T. - Cosponsor: Kathie Hess Crouse (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lori Dittman (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael Hornby (Republican), House - Cosponsor: D. Rolland Jennings (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Phil Mallow (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Pritt - Cosponsor: Joe Statler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Christopher W. Toney (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jimmy Willis (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | House | House concurred in Senate effective date (Roll No. 452) | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | Effective from passage (Roll No. 368) | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 367) | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-03-20 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 124) | pass | 95 | 0 | | ## Actions (41) - 2025-07-31: Chapter 146, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-25: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 (House) - 2025-04-15: To Governor 4/15/2025 (House) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/15/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-11: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-10: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-04-10: House concurred in Senate effective date (Roll No. 452) (House) - 2025-04-10: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-10: Completed legislative action (House) - 2025-04-08: On 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Passed Senate (Roll No. 367) (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Effective from passage (Roll No. 368) (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date (Senate) - 2025-04-07: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Reported do pass (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Immediate consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-21: To Education (Senate) - 2025-03-21: To Education (Senate) - 2025-03-20: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-20: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-03-20: Passed House (Roll No. 124) (House) - 2025-03-20: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-03-19: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-19: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-03-18: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-18: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-03-17: Do pass (House) - 2025-03-11: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-11: To House Education (House) - 2025-02-26: To House Higher Education (House) - 2025-02-21: Filed for introduction (House) - 2025-02-21: To Education (House) - 2025-02-21: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-02-21: To House Education (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 intr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed) - SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed) - SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed) - SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed) - SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed) - SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2773 intr.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs) - [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs) - [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs) - [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs) - [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs) - [SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB102-2025rs) - [West Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia/bills) - [West Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2773-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).