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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Skills to work"
+description: "Skills to work"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4005"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4005 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Browning"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0195bc3-511e-48d8-80e7-84afb29a46cf"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4005&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "5e7a2a172afd47e86e286c60bf14397af735684fbc1e9fcdab1fb447c0d38d9c"
+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 4005 (2026) — Skills to work
+
+## 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=hb4005%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4005)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4005%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4005)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4005%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4005)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4005%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4005)
+5. **hb4005 s gov am _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4005%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%202-27%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb4005 sub hfa browning 1-22 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4005%20sub%20hfa%20browning%201-22%20_2%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb4005 sub hfa dean 1-22 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4005%20sub%20hfa%20dean%201-22%20_2%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **83–5** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **27–7** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Browning — primary (person)
+- Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Hott — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
+- Watt — cosponsor (person)
+- Worrell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-20** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-01-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-22** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 1/23/2026
+- **2026-01-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-23** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-01-23** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-01-23** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-01-23** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-01-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-27** Passed House (Roll No. 16) `passage`
+- **2026-01-27** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-01-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-28** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading
+- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 368) `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 373)
+- **2026-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-11** House Message received
+- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 120, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0195bc3-511e-48d8-80e7-84afb29a46cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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