---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to teacher’s bill of rights"
description: "Relating generally to teacher’s bill of rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5262"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5262 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/646de6f0-e1c2-4fe3-a334-08443e01368f"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5262&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "65d4510778677e973858e3cf6c27d9f7d0d18c506367797359719e95cd1e5e36"
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 5262 (2024) — Relating generally to teacher’s bill of rights

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5262%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5262)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5262%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5262)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5262%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5262)
4. **hb5262 s ed am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5262%20s%20ed%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5262 s fin am _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5262%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5262 sfat grady _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5262%20sfat%20grady%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)
- Clark, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-12** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 166) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Education Committee Amendment Reported
- **2024-03-07** Finance amend. to Education comm. amend. adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Education Committee amend. as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/8/2024
- **2024-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-09** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 516) `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Edu. title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-09** Fin. title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-09** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-03-09** 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. 773)
- **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 248, 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/646de6f0-e1c2-4fe3-a334-08443e01368f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).