---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending in-state tuition rates to all members and veterans of the National Guard, reserves, and armed forces as well as their spouses and dependents"
description: "Extending in-state tuition rates to all members and veterans of the National Guard, reserves, and armed forces as well as their spouses and dependents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4882"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4882 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc8fdd4f-8fac-40c9-b926-aba09aa75de1"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4882&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "eb406bd84bdd353555095d2604c0a533be86cb9cc531a6a4b80bb3126a0ee336"
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 4882 (2024) — Extending in-state tuition rates to all members and veterans of the National Guard, reserves, and armed forces as well as their spouses and dependents

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4882%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4882)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4882%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4882)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4882%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4882)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-17** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2024-01-30** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 315) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-28** To Military then Finance
- **2024-02-28** To Military
- **2024-03-04** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 411) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 161, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc8fdd4f-8fac-40c9-b926-aba09aa75de1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).