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+type: "Bill"
+title: "West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act"
+description: "West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4069"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4069 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
+version_count: 12
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-08"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6838b58b-7069-441d-9871-22ca93778e3b"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4069&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "6245b6564d606bd8cccd9bdd204e74fb49309d563e54b8de4fc4e32dc9803247"
+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 4069 (2020) — West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 143)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00143.pdf)
+2. **Amendment to amendment adopted (Roll No. 142)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00142.pdf)
+3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4069%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4069)
+4. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4069%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4069)
+5. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4069%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4069)
+6. **HB4069 H ED AMT 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4069 H ED AMT 3-6 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB4069 HFA 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4069 HFA 3-6 adopted.htm)
+8. **HB4069 HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 adopted adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4069 HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 adopted adopted adopted.htm)
+9. **HB4069 HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4069 HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 adopted.htm)
+10. **HB4069 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4069 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
+11. **HB4069 S ED AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4069 S ED AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm)
+12. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4069%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4069)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 — **59–39** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+- PUSHKIN REVISED AS AMEND. — **68–30** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **76–22** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **74–25** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **83–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howell — primary (person)
+- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
+- Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pack — cosponsor (person)
+- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
+- Summers — cosponsor (person)
+- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-08** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** By substitute, do pass
+- **2020-02-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-10** Amendment pending
+- **2020-02-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-11** Motion to have bill committed to Judiciary on 3rd reading rejected
+- **2020-02-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2020-02-11** Amendment to amendment adopted (Roll No. 142)
+- **2020-02-11** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 143)
+- **2020-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-11** Passed House (Roll No. 144) `passage`
+- **2020-02-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-12** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
+- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-06** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 547) `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
+- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 743)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
+- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
+- **2020-03-07** House receded and passed (Roll No. 774)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-15** Chapter 117, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6838b58b-7069-441d-9871-22ca93778e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+