---
type: "Bill"
title: "To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities."
description: "To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5048"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5048 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Human Services", "Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51fd52e9-7e82-4449-838b-30894c1776a5"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5048&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "632290904217b5673a69f80b044690e9714ff9edc42b248b5866b87b26507ab8"
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 5048 (2026) — To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities.

## 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=hb5048%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5048)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5048%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5048)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5048%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5048)
4. **hb5048 s sch am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5048%20s%20sch%20am%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Browning — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Coop-Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Markup Discussion
- **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`
- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-27** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 239) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-04** To School Choice
- **2026-03-04** To School Choice
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment `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`
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 554) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 673)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 126, 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/51fd52e9-7e82-4449-838b-30894c1776a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).