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+type: "Bill"
+title: "To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities."
+description: "To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5048"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5048 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Human Services", "Juveniles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Moore"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51fd52e9-7e82-4449-838b-30894c1776a5"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5048&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "632290904217b5673a69f80b044690e9714ff9edc42b248b5866b87b26507ab8"
+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 5048 (2026) — To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5048%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5048)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5048%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5048)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5048%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5048)
+4. **hb5048 s sch am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5048%20s%20sch%20am%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Moore — primary (person)
+- Browning — cosponsor (person)
+- Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Coop-Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
+- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
+- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
+- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-02** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-02** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-25** Do pass
+- **2026-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-27** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 239) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-04** To School Choice
+- **2026-03-04** To School Choice
+- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment `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`
+- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 554) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 673)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 126, 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/51fd52e9-7e82-4449-838b-30894c1776a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+