---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public school enrollment for students from out of state"
description: "Relating to public school enrollment for students from out of state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2785"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2785 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Worrell"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d754d5c8-ed84-437c-b864-48c0db6ffea0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2785&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "45c6fc04454a5e1cb7ffa4e00c8ca208c33762ccc1755a24578cac2bd4ce8f92"
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 2785 (2021) — Relating to public school enrollment for students from out of state

## 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=HB2785%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2785)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2785%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2785)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2785%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2785)
4. **HB2785 HFA ELLINGTON 3-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2785 HFA ELLINGTON 3-23 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2785 HFA ELLINGTON 4-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2785 HFA ELLINGTON 4-6 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2785 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2785 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-23 adopted.htm)
7. **HB2785 S ED AM _1 3-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2785 S ED AM _1 3-29 adopted.htm)
8. **HB2785 S ED AMT _1 3-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2785 S ED AMT _1 3-29 adopted.htm)
9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2785%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2785)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Worrell — primary (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-26** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-26** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-15** Placed on House Calendar
- **2021-03-23** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Placed on Special Calender
- **2021-03-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2021-03-23** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Passed House (Roll No. 256) `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-02** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-05** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 310) `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-06** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-06** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 442)
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-07** House Message received
- **2021-04-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 341)
- **2021-04-07** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-07** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-07** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** To Governor 4/14/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 100, 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/d754d5c8-ed84-437c-b864-48c0db6ffea0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).