---
type: "Bill"
title: "Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Compact"
description: "Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Compact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4375"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4375 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac339173-9ed8-42c7-96af-08448b718a05"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4375&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "49ed0f3e0f6af8264bdeca0bf2e71622e7e8ac95d27782f7390b1657bffa007f"
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 4375 (2020) — Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Compact

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4375%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4375)
2. **HB4375 S IC AM _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4375 S IC AM _2 adopted.htm)
3. **HB4375 S IC AMT _1 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4375 S IC AMT _1 2-25 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4375%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4375)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Summers — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-16** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Do pass
- **2020-01-31** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 98) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Interstate Cooperation then Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** To Interstate Cooperation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Health and Human Resources `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/4/20
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 496) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 713)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 249, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac339173-9ed8-42c7-96af-08448b718a05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).