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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establish a program to promote creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs"
+description: "Establish a program to promote creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 5162"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5162 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a621d10-76f4-4ea9-a990-023f6054a25c"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5162&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "e918e6f8d11d01342cc5744bb0dd9a0e9c46fcd03a3c805dc1975f68acea1129"
+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 5162 (2024) — Establish a program to promote creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs
+
+## 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=hb5162%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5162)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5162%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5162)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5162%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5162)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5162%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5162)
+5. **hb5162 hfa young 2-23 revised adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5162%20hfa%20young%202-23%20revised%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb5162 sfa grady _2 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5162%20sfa%20grady%20_2%203-8%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb5162 sfat grady _2 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5162%20sfat%20grady%20_2%203-8%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howell — primary (person)
+- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- DeVault — cosponsor (person)
+- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Foster — cosponsor (person)
+- Householder — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
+- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
+- Willis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-25** To Workforce Development then Education
+- **2024-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-01-25** To House Workforce Development `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-15** With amendment, do pass, but first to Education `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-15** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-20** By substitute, do pass
+- **2024-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-22** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/23/2024
+- **2024-02-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-23** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/26/2024
+- **2024-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-26** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-02-26** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
+- **2024-02-26** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-02-26** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
+- **2024-02-26** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-02-26** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 323) `passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-28** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-28** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2024-03-08** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
+- **2024-03-08** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/8/2024 with right to amend
+- **2024-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2024-03-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 518) `passage`
+- **2024-03-09** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2024-03-09** Title amendment adopted
+- **2024-03-09** 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. 777)
+- **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 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Chapter 171, 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/8a621d10-76f4-4ea9-a990-023f6054a25c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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