---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disclosure by state institutions of higher education of certain information regarding textbooks and digital courseware and certain charges assessed for those items"
description: "Relating to the disclosure by state institutions of higher education of certain information regarding textbooks and digital courseware and certain charges assessed for those items"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4355"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4355 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linville"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3cbde8b-8067-48e4-90f2-a358a85a58fe"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4355&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9cd597886a97c4b306e93d4d992a7a04135e0d08f08b104e5054afb511cdaa7e"
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 4355 (2022) — Relating to the disclosure by state institutions of higher education of certain information regarding textbooks and digital courseware and certain charges assessed for those items

## 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=HB4355%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4355)
2. **HB4355 HFAT ELLINGTON 2-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4355 HFAT ELLINGTON 2-9 adopted.htm)
3. **HB4355 SFA RUCKER _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4355 SFA RUCKER _1 3-10 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4355 SFAT RUCKER _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4355 SFAT RUCKER _1 3-10 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4355%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4355)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linville — primary (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Do pass
- **2022-02-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 93) `passage`
- **2022-02-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-02-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-10** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2022-03-11** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2022-03-11** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 473) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Title amendment adopted
- **2022-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 603)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** To Governor 3/24/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 153, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3cbde8b-8067-48e4-90f2-a358a85a58fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).