---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act"
description: "West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4069"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4069 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6838b58b-7069-441d-9871-22ca93778e3b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4069&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6245b6564d606bd8cccd9bdd204e74fb49309d563e54b8de4fc4e32dc9803247"
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 4069 (2020) — West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 143)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00143.pdf)
2. **Amendment to amendment adopted (Roll No. 142)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00142.pdf)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4069%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4069)
4. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4069%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4069)
5. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4069%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4069)
6. **HB4069 H ED AMT 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4069 H ED AMT 3-6 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4069 HFA 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4069 HFA 3-6 adopted.htm)
8. **HB4069 HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 adopted adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4069 HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 adopted adopted adopted.htm)
9. **HB4069 HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4069 HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 adopted.htm)
10. **HB4069 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4069 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
11. **HB4069 S ED AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4069 S ED AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm)
12. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4069%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4069)

## Votes

- HFA PUSHKIN 2-11 REVISION 2 — **59–39** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PUSHKIN REVISED AS AMEND. — **68–30** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **76–22** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **74–25** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **83–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Amendment pending
- **2020-02-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Motion to have bill committed to Judiciary on 3rd reading rejected
- **2020-02-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2020-02-11** Amendment to amendment adopted (Roll No. 142)
- **2020-02-11** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 143)
- **2020-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** Passed House (Roll No. 144) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-12** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 547) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 743)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House receded and passed (Roll No. 774)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 117, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6838b58b-7069-441d-9871-22ca93778e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).