---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public charter schools"
description: "Relating to public charter schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2012"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2012 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d2ca61-0372-4aa4-aac6-48ec4ba7dd79"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2012&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4f52c4dea158d20dd17ad6b4ca777e2904700240551176a1bf2d98801063bf49"
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 2012 (2021) — Relating to public charter schools

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment as amended adopted (Roll No. 43)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/senate/02-26-0043.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2012%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2012)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2012%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2012)
4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2012%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2012)
5. **HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON 2-15 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON 2-15 adopted adopted.htm)
6. **HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON 2-15 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON 2-15 adopted.htm)
7. **HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON AND STATLER 2-15 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 HFA ELLINGTON AND STATLER 2-15 adopted.htm)
8. **HB2012 S ED AM _1 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2012 S ED AM _1 2-23 adopted.htm)
9. **HB2012 SFA _1 SYPOLT 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 SFA _1 SYPOLT 2-26 adopted.htm)
10. **HB2012 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2012 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-1 adopted.htm)
11. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2012%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2012)
12. **Sypolt's Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 42)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/senate/02-26-0042.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-10** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-15** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 10) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-15** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 11) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-15** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-15** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 12) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-15** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 13) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 17) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** Education Committee Amendments Reported
- **2021-02-26** Sypolt's Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 42)
- **2021-02-26** Committee Amendment as amended adopted (Roll No. 43)
- **2021-02-26** Baldwin Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 44)
- **2021-02-26** Romano Floor amendment reported
- **2021-02-26** Romano Floor amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2021-03-01** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-03-01** Romano Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 55)
- **2021-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 56) `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Education Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2021-03-01** Rucker Title amendment adopted
- **2021-03-01** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-03-03** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 68)
- **2021-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-04** House Message received
- **2021-03-08** To Governor 3/5/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-08** To Governor 3/5/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-05** To Governor 3/5/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/11/21- - Senate Journal
- **2021-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/11/21 - House Journal
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/11/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 98, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6d2ca61-0372-4aa4-aac6-48ec4ba7dd79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).