---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying foundation allowance to account for transportation by electric powered buses"
description: "Modifying foundation allowance to account for transportation by electric powered buses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4571"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4571 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamrick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff2e7f7-0ee4-4079-b6af-82163555b4f9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4571&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c96e4621b8a1c228d31de29b00a802077f872ab02bf77afe77c0af7a574da387"
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 4571 (2022) — Modifying foundation allowance to account for transportation by electric powered buses

## 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=HB4571%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4571)
2. **HB4571 S ED AMT _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4571 S ED AMT _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4571%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4571)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hamrick — primary (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-08** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-08** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2022-02-18** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Do pass
- **2022-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 342) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Effective July 1, 2022 (Roll No. 343)
- **2022-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass, with title amendment, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2022-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2022-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-12** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 518) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Effective July 1, 2022 (Roll No. 518)
- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2022-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 673) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Effective July 1, 2022 (Roll No. 674)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 107, 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/8ff2e7f7-0ee4-4079-b6af-82163555b4f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).