---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents"
description: "Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4546"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4546 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd724517-e63c-4fdd-a826-a3daf3ecd8a2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4546&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d9ba6ba02321253a4dfdf22d67a24d4def5c48310fa4441e4392cb84327d67e7"
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 4546 (2020) — Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents

## 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=HB4546%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4546)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4546%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4546)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4546%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4546)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lavender-Bowe — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-27** To Education then Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** With amendment, do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 206) `passage`
- **2020-02-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 433) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 318, 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/bd724517-e63c-4fdd-a826-a3daf3ecd8a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).