---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the adoption of instructional resources for use in the public schools"
description: "Relating to the adoption of instructional resources for use in the public schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 3089"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3089 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6f686b1-d605-4b53-bcb3-96b037df41a5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3089&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0593a5897991c426908305cf99d66045fe29ff76e152de4437be9a4656296da5"
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 3089 (2018) — Relating to the adoption of instructional resources for use in the public schools

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3089%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=3089)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3089%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=3089)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3089%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=3089)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **72–24** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Harshbarger — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Upson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-01-18** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-19** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-22** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** Passed House (Roll No. 5) `passage`
- **2018-01-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-01-23** House Message received
- **2018-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-23** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 421) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 72, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6f686b1-d605-4b53-bcb3-96b037df41a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).