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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to public charter schools"
+description: "Relating to public charter schools"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2012"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2012 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 12
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d2ca61-0372-4aa4-aac6-48ec4ba7dd79"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2012&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "4f52c4dea158d20dd17ad6b4ca777e2904700240551176a1bf2d98801063bf49"
+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 2012 (2021) — Relating to public charter schools
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment as amended adopted (Roll No. 43)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/senate/02-26-0043.pdf)
+2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2012%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2012)
+3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2012%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2012)
+4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2012%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2012)
+5. **HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON 2-15 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON 2-15 adopted adopted.htm)
+6. **HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON 2-15 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON 2-15 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON AND STATLER 2-15 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON AND STATLER 2-15 adopted.htm)
+8. **HB2012 S ED AM _1 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2012 S ED AM _1 2-23 adopted.htm)
+9. **HB2012 SFA _1 SYPOLT 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 SFA _1 SYPOLT 2-26 adopted.htm)
+10. **HB2012 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-1 adopted.htm)
+11. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2012%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2012)
+12. **Sypolt's Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 42)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/senate/02-26-0042.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-02-10** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-02-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-12** By substitute, do pass
+- **2021-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-15** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-02-15** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 10) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-02-15** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 11) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-02-15** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-02-15** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 12) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-02-15** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 13) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 17) `passage`
+- **2021-02-16** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-02-17** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-17** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-25** On 1st reading
+- **2021-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-26** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-26** Education Committee Amendments Reported
+- **2021-02-26** Sypolt's Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 42)
+- **2021-02-26** Committee Amendment as amended adopted (Roll No. 43)
+- **2021-02-26** Baldwin Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 44)
+- **2021-02-26** Romano Floor amendment reported
+- **2021-02-26** Romano Floor amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2021-03-01** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2021-03-01** Romano Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 55)
+- **2021-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 56) `passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Education Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2021-03-01** Rucker Title amendment adopted
+- **2021-03-01** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2021-03-03** House received Senate message
+- **2021-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 68)
+- **2021-03-03** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-03-03** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-03-04** House Message received
+- **2021-03-08** To Governor 3/5/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-08** To Governor 3/5/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-05** To Governor 3/5/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/11/21- - Senate Journal
+- **2021-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/11/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/11/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-20** Chapter 98, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6d2ca61-0372-4aa4-aac6-48ec4ba7dd79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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