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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format"
+description: "Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 2499"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2499 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pritt"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-17"
+last_action: "2025-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b1e95ec-30ec-4a0d-be8b-c608b8920a15"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2499&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "882e93136629ba98b6c48deaf562a5d399bc02254285c71f2d5f701050a7b0c6"
+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 2499 (2025) — Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format
+
+## 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=hb2499%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2499)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2499%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2499)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2499%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2499)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2499%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2499)
+5. **hb2499 s ed am _1 4-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2499%20s%20ed%20am%20_1%204-3%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb2499 sfat grady _1 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2499%20sfat%20grady%20_1%204-8%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT Jul 01, 2025 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT Jul 01, 2025 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pritt — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-17** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-17** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** To House Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-03-11** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-18** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-03-19** By substitute, do pass
+- **2025-03-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-24** Passed House (Roll No. 166) `passage`
+- **2025-03-24** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 167)
+- **2025-03-24** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-03-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-03-25** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-04** Immediate consideration
+- **2025-04-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-07** On 2nd reading
+- **2025-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-08** On 3rd reading
+- **2025-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 362) `passage`
+- **2025-04-08** Title amendment adopted
+- **2025-04-08** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 363)
+- **2025-04-08** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2025-04-10** House received Senate message
+- **2025-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 486)
+- **2025-04-10** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 487)
+- **2025-04-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-04-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2025-04-11** House Message received
+- **2025-04-15** To Governor 4/15/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-29** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-31** Chapter 213, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b1e95ec-30ec-4a0d-be8b-c608b8920a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+