---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners"
description: "Relating to computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4986"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4986 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rohrbach"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6513a85-1689-4391-9450-e3a1c8345e3c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4986&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0e6e789c8529057b4d206044befddaecf2e97b42b2335c732506f67ecfe4be84"
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 4986 (2024) — Relating to computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners

## 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=hb4986%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4986)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4986%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4986)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4986%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4986)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rohrbach — primary (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-22** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 162) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-14** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 386) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 115, 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/a6513a85-1689-4391-9450-e3a1c8345e3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).