---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to education benefits to members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard"
description: "Relating to education benefits to members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4412"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4412 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fleischauer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9a13e4f-6829-44fa-91fb-f2b7f7de71df"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4412&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "59469e6d8f52aac2bcb31fa3428245b1a09ca00eea092bad136889e8e5ce51e9"
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 4412 (2020) — Relating to education benefits to members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard

## 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=HB4412%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4412)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4412%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4412)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Fleischauer — primary (person)
- Angelucci — cosponsor (person)
- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Longstreth — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-17** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Do pass
- **2020-01-31** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** Passed House (Roll No. 87) `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 88)
- **2020-02-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** To Military then Education
- **2020-02-05** To Military
- **2020-02-12** Reported do pass, but first to Education `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 375) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 375)
- **2020-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-05** To Governor 3/5/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** To Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** To Governor 3/5/20 `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 179, 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/d9a13e4f-6829-44fa-91fb-f2b7f7de71df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).