---
type: "Bill"
title: "To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility."
description: "To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4425"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4425 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gearheart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16573bbb-a9c8-4e65-b421-46c56f026701"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4425&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "520d9d686f18b594405656cd99dc0596163115b68174082ca1f96cb820d77df8"
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 4425 (2026) — To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4425%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4425)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4425%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4425)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4425%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4425)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **78–19** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2027 — **37–59** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gearheart — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
- Roop — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-16** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-26** Do pass
- **2026-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 257) `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Effective date rejected (Roll No. 258)
- **2026-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading
- **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. 536) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor 3/31/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/31/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/31/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 122, 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/16573bbb-a9c8-4e65-b421-46c56f026701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).