---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the qualifications of full and part time nursing school faculty members"
description: "Establishing the qualifications of full and part time nursing school faculty members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4156"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4156 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46c55095-5265-400c-9c7c-91ff73902933"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4156&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f721d1e11abb2fb2a2c0f8c504f10d4e3faec996c3d0600edd16c2e7a419fd40"
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 4156 (2018) — Establishing the qualifications of full and part time nursing school faculty members

## 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=HB4156%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4156)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4156%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4156)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4156%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4156)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Summers — primary (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Frich — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-16** To Health and Human Resources then Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** With amendment, do pass, but first to Education `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-19** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-02** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-05** Postponed on 2nd reading, House Calendar, until 2/6/18
- **2018-02-06** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 58) `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 59)
- **2018-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-08** House Message received
- **2018-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `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 Amendment Reported
- **2018-03-08** Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Unanimous consent to amend
- **2018-03-09** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 428) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 428)
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 536)
- **2018-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 537)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 517)
- **2018-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 517)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **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 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 184, 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/46c55095-5265-400c-9c7c-91ff73902933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).