---
type: "Bill"
title: "To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance."
description: "To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4087"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4087 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/128a5869-a657-49c0-99ae-c21625157a6d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4087&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7c1a10879056dfd4cdd6b85ac61d93f2745fb9b00f7351364d0a5aad86502f4b"
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 4087 (2026) — To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.

## 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=hb4087%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4087)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4087%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4087)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4087%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4087)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4087%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4087)

## Votes

- EFFECT Mar 17, 2026 — **87–7** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **86–8** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hornby — primary (person)
- Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-20** By substitute, do pass, but first to Finance
- **2026-01-20** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Do pass
- **2026-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 158) `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Effective March 17, 2026 (Roll No. 159)
- **2026-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 528) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective March 17, 2026 (Roll No. 529)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 121, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/128a5869-a657-49c0-99ae-c21625157a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).