---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring Superintendent of Schools establish a Behavior Interventionist Pilot Program in two school districts for five years"
description: "Requiring Superintendent of Schools establish a Behavior Interventionist Pilot Program in two school districts for five years"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 842"
citation: "West Virginia SB 842 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f14f4d-78c9-4114-b4f9-b240d5c4e029"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=842&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "701936560a7bf25f60f8d12307f4e33e3a531b56e37e0268660d470ebfbf94a1"
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 SB 842 (2020) — Requiring Superintendent of Schools establish a Behavior Interventionist Pilot Program in two school districts for five years

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb842%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=842)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb842%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=842)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb842%20org.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=842)
4. **SB842 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB842 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB842 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB842 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-2 adopted.htm)
6. **SB842 SFA _1 RUCKER 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB842 SFA _1 RUCKER 3-5 adopted.htm)
7. **SB842 SFA _1 TAKUBO 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB842 SFA _1 TAKUBO 2-25 adopted.htm)
8. **SB842 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB842 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-5 adopted.htm)
9. **SB842 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB842 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 2-25 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **97–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Boley — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Originating in Senate Education
- **2020-02-21** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 334) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 334)
- **2020-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 541)
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 542) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 543)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** House Message received
- **2020-03-05** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 473)
- **2020-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 473)
- **2020-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 697)
- **2020-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 698)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 115, 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/02f14f4d-78c9-4114-b4f9-b240d5c4e029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).