---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools"
description: "Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4183"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4183 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c367c10f-ee77-4df2-87e2-3d58691638d6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4183&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "967251c4ca4e272bdd7481011312196782bf8e2f5cde3eb9cca1edc183679511"
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 4183 (2018) — Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4183%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4183)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4183%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4183)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Romine, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Upson — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Do pass
- **2018-01-25** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-29** Passed House (Roll No. 28) `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-01-30** House Message received
- **2018-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 386) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 394)
- **2018-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-09** House Message received
- **2018-03-16** To Governor 3/16/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/16/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/16/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 73, 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/c367c10f-ee77-4df2-87e2-3d58691638d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).