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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials"
+description: "Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5089"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5089 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-03"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d0b7988-bf9c-49f2-8ff6-402ad3829317"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5089&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "63638525fca355d21dd4845b8f84dac5e7664c58cf828c1165d9932da973933b"
+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 5089 (2026) — Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials
+
+## 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=hb5089%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5089)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5089%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5089)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5089%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5089)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5089%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5089)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **87–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ellington — primary (person)
+- Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Canterbury — cosponsor (person)
+- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
+- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
+- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
+- Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
+- Statler — cosponsor (person)
+- Toney — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-03** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-03** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-26** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Amendments pending
+- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-03** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 263) `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-04** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-04** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
+- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-09** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/9/2026
+- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 466) `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **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 127, 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/2d0b7988-bf9c-49f2-8ff6-402ad3829317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+