---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to updating definitions to incorporate federal law changes to qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts"
description: "Relating to updating definitions to incorporate federal law changes to qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4768"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4768 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Statler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48551e82-310a-4fde-8733-e91cf1f34218"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4768&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3e42f595256e23cf76c7ba60cb9eaa98db171f54f0c7a2536040df3b5be451a9"
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 4768 (2026) — Relating to updating definitions to incorporate federal law changes to qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts

## 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=hb4768%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4768)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4768%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4768)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4768%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4768)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Statler — primary (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Do pass
- **2026-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 238) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 489) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 172, 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/48551e82-310a-4fde-8733-e91cf1f34218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).