---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours"
description: "Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 890"
citation: "West Virginia SB 890 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 49
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aecdc60a-a47a-47bf-90ac-bb8c721c7bf8"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=890&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c9273f010d51034959f395185984b5a353a2cb6bf81e20bf649cd0fbb97dbff4"
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 SB 890 (2026) — Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours

## 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=sb890%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=890)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb890%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=890)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb890%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=890)
4. **sb890 h edu am _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb890%20h%20edu%20am%20_1%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb890 h edu am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb890%20h%20edu%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb890 hfat statler 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb890%20hfat%20statler%203-10%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb890 sfa martin _1 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb890%20sfa%20martin%20_1%203-14%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb890 sfat martin _1 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb890%20sfat%20martin%20_1%203-14%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2027 — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2027 — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Fuller — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-09** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-09** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-19** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-21** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 187) `passage`
- **2026-02-21** Effective July 1, 2027 (Roll No. 188)
- **2026-02-21** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-23** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-23** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-09** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/12/2026
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 478) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-12** Effective July 1, 2027 (Roll No. 479)
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 635)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2027 (Roll No. 636)
- **2026-03-14** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 698)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2027 (Roll No. 699)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aecdc60a-a47a-47bf-90ac-bb8c721c7bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).