---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Virginia Remembers Program"
description: "West Virginia Remembers Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4165"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4165 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanna"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40372f1c-0c7b-4d2f-ab16-36515d4ee8de"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4165&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a43748b22fb74d11fcdc362b4fe3108760ecbca1387e7b1e6bb3e15cd70b6bd6"
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 4165 (2020) — West Virginia Remembers Program

## 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=HB4165%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4165)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4165%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4165)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4165%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4165)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanna — primary (person)
- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Waxman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 223) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-19** To Military then Education
- **2020-02-19** To Military
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, but first to Education `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading to Education
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 453) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `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 118, 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/40372f1c-0c7b-4d2f-ab16-36515d4ee8de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).