---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow suspended school personnel to enter school property functions open to the public"
description: "Allow suspended school personnel to enter school property functions open to the public"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5650"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5650 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foggin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2b67c1-3112-4751-a1b8-92eb6cdd4466"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5650&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a0c8b64ad8d663445e8d66120b9e7b6dd0084e6f22b953e6d7103d67ae94bded"
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 5650 (2024) — Allow suspended school personnel to enter school property functions open to the public

## 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=hb5650%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5650)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5650%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5650)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5650%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5650)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5650%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5650)
5. **hb5650 hfa hornbuckle 2-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5650%20hfa%20hornbuckle%202-19%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5650 s ed am _1 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5650%20s%20ed%20am%20_1%202-29%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5650 s ed amt _1 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5650%20s%20ed%20amt%20_1%202-29%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foggin — primary (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-13** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 242) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-21** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 344) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 524)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **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 250, 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/8b2b67c1-3112-4751-a1b8-92eb6cdd4466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).