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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating generally to the Hope Scholarship Program"
+description: "Relating generally to the Hope Scholarship Program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 4945"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4945 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-01-19"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609dc783-cc72-48dd-963e-f94f55e905be"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4945&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "b883c966cf4483e92a174a27f61911962c2c8b8a14421984267628c2b08f2e94"
+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 4945 (2024) — Relating generally to the Hope Scholarship Program
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4945%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4945)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4945%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4945)
+3. **hb4945 sfa rucker _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4945%20sfa%20rucker%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
+4. **hb4945 sfat rucker _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4945%20sfat%20rucker%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HFA HORNBUCKLE 2-27 — **17–70** (fail) · lower
+- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **76–21** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **80–17** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Espinosa — primary (person)
+- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Clark, W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Hite — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
+- Householder — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Statler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-19** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-01-19** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-30** Do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2024-01-30** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** Do pass
+- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-02-27** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 342) `amendment-failure`
+- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 360) `passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2024-03-07** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/7/2024 with right to amend
+- **2024-03-08** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
+- **2024-03-08** Rearranged on calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-08** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2024-03-08** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 475) `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2024-03-08** Title amendment adopted
+- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
+- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 737)
+- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-09** House Message received
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Chapter 113, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/609dc783-cc72-48dd-963e-f94f55e905be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+