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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to disciplining teachers"
+description: "Relating to disciplining teachers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4378"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4378 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-16"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c20023d-d689-436d-8eef-52cc4805dc0f"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4378&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "b8eb2c25d8b3267c5f73a271c7c48bca69175798738b5b9d4da339a892fafaa6"
+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 4378 (2020) — Relating to disciplining teachers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4378%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4378)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4378%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4378)
+3. **HB4378 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4378 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **HB4378 S ED AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4378 S ED AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4378 SFA _1 WELD 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4378 SFA _1 WELD 3-4 adopted.htm)
+6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4378%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4378)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
+- Foster — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
+- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
+- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin, P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pack — cosponsor (person)
+- Worrell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-16** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-16** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-31** By substitute, do pass
+- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 99) `passage`
+- **2020-02-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-06** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
+- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-03** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-04** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-04** Deferred until foot of 2nd
+- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-04** Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2020-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 457) `passage`
+- **2020-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
+- **2020-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 692)
+- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-06** 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 317, 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/7c20023d-d689-436d-8eef-52cc4805dc0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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