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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners"
+description: "Relating to computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 4986"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4986 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rohrbach"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-22"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6513a85-1689-4391-9450-e3a1c8345e3c"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4986&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "0e6e789c8529057b4d206044befddaecf2e97b42b2335c732506f67ecfe4be84"
+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 4986 (2024) — Relating to computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4986%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4986)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4986%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4986)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4986%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4986)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **95–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rohrbach — primary (person)
+- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
+- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
+- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
+- Statler — cosponsor (person)
+- Toney — cosponsor (person)
+- Warner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-22** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-01-22** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-08** By substitute, do pass
+- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 162) `passage`
+- **2024-02-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-14** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-14** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-29** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-05** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-06** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 386) `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Communicated to House
+- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-06** House received Senate message
+- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Chapter 115, 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/a6513a85-1689-4391-9450-e3a1c8345e3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+