---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to distribution of the allowance for increased enrollment"
description: "Relating to distribution of the allowance for increased enrollment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2852"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2852 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a85cbea-4544-411b-a5bd-ae114a0918bd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2852&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3cedb5c1c7f132d729246db291bf902661864f5a22dcc10aa044f75201e68912"
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 2852 (2021) — Relating to distribution of the allowance for increased enrollment

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2852%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2852)
2. **HB2852 HFAT ELLINGTON adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2852 HFAT ELLINGTON adopted.htm)
3. **HB2852 S ED AMT _1 3-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2852 S ED AMT _1 3-25 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2852%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2852)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)
- Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kimes — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-02** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Do pass
- **2021-03-08** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2021-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 128) `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-27** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-29** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/29/21
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 289) `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-01** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-01** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 394)
- **2021-04-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-01** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-02** House Message received
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 102, 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/9a85cbea-4544-411b-a5bd-ae114a0918bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).