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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance."
+description: "To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4087"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4087 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hornby"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/128a5869-a657-49c0-99ae-c21625157a6d"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4087&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "7c1a10879056dfd4cdd6b85ac61d93f2745fb9b00f7351364d0a5aad86502f4b"
+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 4087 (2026) — To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.
+
+## 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=hb4087%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4087)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4087%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4087)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4087%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4087)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4087%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4087)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT Mar 17, 2026 — **87–7** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **86–8** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hornby — primary (person)
+- Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Linville — cosponsor (person)
+- Willis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-15** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-01-20** By substitute, do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2026-01-20** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18** Do pass
+- **2026-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 158) `passage`
+- **2026-02-23** Effective March 17, 2026 (Roll No. 159)
+- **2026-02-23** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-24** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 528) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Effective March 17, 2026 (Roll No. 529)
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 121, 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/128a5869-a657-49c0-99ae-c21625157a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+