---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials"
description: "Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5089"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5089 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d0b7988-bf9c-49f2-8ff6-402ad3829317"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5089&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "63638525fca355d21dd4845b8f84dac5e7664c58cf828c1165d9932da973933b"
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 5089 (2026) — Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials

## 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=hb5089%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5089)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5089%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5089)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5089%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5089)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5089%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5089)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **87–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellington — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Canterbury — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-03** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-26** By substitute, 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
- **2026-03-02** Amendments pending
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-03** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 263) `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-04** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 466) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **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 127, 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/2d0b7988-bf9c-49f2-8ff6-402ad3829317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).