---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employment in areas of critical need in public education"
description: "Relating to employment in areas of critical need in public education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4691"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4691 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f83d12e-4674-4013-9a44-1951dc0d19a7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4691&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f0a7b67feb014e0c431df039232a4ed9d8674eb2d8b5295dac99785a643b58f9"
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 4691 (2020) — Relating to employment in areas of critical need in public education

## 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=HB4691%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4691)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4691%20ORG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4691)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** Originating in House Education
- **2020-02-04** Do pass
- **2020-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/7
- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 133) `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 134)
- **2020-02-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 441) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 441)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **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 319, 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/3f83d12e-4674-4013-9a44-1951dc0d19a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).