---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to the Hope Scholarship Program"
description: "Relating generally to the Hope Scholarship Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4945"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4945 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609dc783-cc72-48dd-963e-f94f55e905be"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4945&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b883c966cf4483e92a174a27f61911962c2c8b8a14421984267628c2b08f2e94"
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 4945 (2024) — Relating generally to the Hope Scholarship Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4945%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4945)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4945%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4945)
3. **hb4945 sfa rucker _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4945%20sfa%20rucker%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
4. **hb4945 sfat rucker _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4945%20sfat%20rucker%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- HFA HORNBUCKLE 2-27 — **17–70** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **76–21** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **80–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Clark, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-19** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2024-01-30** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Do pass
- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-27** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 342) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 360) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-03-07** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/7/2024 with right to amend
- **2024-03-08** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Rearranged on calendar by Rules Committee
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-08** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 475) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-08** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 737)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 113, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/609dc783-cc72-48dd-963e-f94f55e905be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).