---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to grounds for revocation of a teaching certificate"
description: "Relating generally to grounds for revocation of a teaching certificate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2378"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2378 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/331b9259-bc01-4566-abe6-b40bd5b9d146"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2378&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c7ee01edf58161de3c409e64a9788cb5c4185841a1e4fa312c4c21a72effd43c"
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 2378 (2019) — Relating generally to grounds for revocation of a teaching certificate

## 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=HB2378%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2378)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2378%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2378)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2378%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2378)
4. **HB2378 S ED AM _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2378 S ED AM _1 3-5 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2378%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2378)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Lavender-Bowe — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-14** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 311) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-27** House Message received
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Senate reconsidered amendment
- **2019-03-08** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 430) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/21/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** To Governor 3/21/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/21/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 237, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/331b9259-bc01-4566-abe6-b40bd5b9d146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).