---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising the processes through which professional development is delivered for those who provide public education"
description: "Revising the processes through which professional development is delivered for those who provide public education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4006"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4006 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romine, R."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e7433e6-475c-4ab8-bdb3-cc94383305b1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4006&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "55445b9cef60f9dc2eebdf6ea690e2a465970bc17754390f3a18afacb749e896"
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 4006 (2018) — Revising the processes through which professional development is delivered for those who provide public education

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4006%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4006)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4006%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4006)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4006%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4006)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4006%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4006)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–36** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **60–36** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **18–15** (pass) · legislature
- POSTPONE INDEFINITELY — **33–62** (fail) · legislature
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **61–35** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Romine, R. — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-12** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-19** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-01-29** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-01-30** Motion to postpone indefinitely rejected (Roll No. 31)
- **2018-01-31** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 33) `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Effective date rejected (Roll No. 34)
- **2018-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-01** House Message received
- **2018-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-08** Floor amendments rejected (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 454) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 511)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/28/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/28/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 105, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e7433e6-475c-4ab8-bdb3-cc94383305b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).