---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting faith-based electives in classroom drug prevention programs"
description: "Permitting faith-based electives in classroom drug prevention programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "West Virginia SB 42 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3665ce0-f25f-4541-bac3-7d1d1577a13d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=42&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4450d0475258dbf73168638aa37a3203866eb16db78de668005f360df458b792"
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 SB 42 (2020) — Permitting faith-based electives in classroom drug prevention programs

## 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=SB42%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=42)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB42%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=42)
3. **SB42 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB42 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **SB42 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB42 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-3 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **83–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-17** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-20** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 9) `passage`
- **2020-01-20** Ordered to House
- **2020-01-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 555) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 579)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 107, 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/c3665ce0-f25f-4541-bac3-7d1d1577a13d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).