---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the Secondary Schools Athletic Commission to recognize preparatory athletic programs"
description: "Requiring the Secondary Schools Athletic Commission to recognize preparatory athletic programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4925"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4925 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kessinger"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-11"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7ce9ead-3006-4796-af49-179305fdd4ad"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4925&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a878296849b1bf0b732c088672b5477bf947689d4892b3356a7be3dd686296a4"
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 4925 (2020) — Requiring the Secondary Schools Athletic Commission to recognize preparatory athletic programs

## 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=HB4925%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4925)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4925%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4925)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4925%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4925)
4. **HB4925 HFAT ELLINGTON 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4925 HFAT ELLINGTON 2-25 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4925 SFA RUCKER 3-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4925 SFA RUCKER 3-2 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4925 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4925 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-2 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4925%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4925)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kessinger — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-11** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 367) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** 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** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/29/20
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 412) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-04** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 489)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-05** 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 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 123, 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/d7ce9ead-3006-4796-af49-179305fdd4ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).