---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the timing of payments of annually required deposit into an eligible recipient’s Hope Scholarship account"
description: "Relating to the timing of payments of annually required deposit into an eligible recipient’s Hope Scholarship account"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5686"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5686 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3db23d68-d4d5-403d-9a20-10c52c6e4941"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5686&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "385272a394124a2dcf560166b5b6763482626502cb3dce81cd897a122fbe3348"
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 5686 (2026) — Relating to the timing of payments of annually required deposit into an eligible recipient’s Hope Scholarship account

## 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=hb5686%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5686)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5686%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5686)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5686%20org.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5686)
4. **hb5686 sfa barrett _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5686%20sfa%20barrett%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- HFA HORNBUCKLE 3-3 #1 — **14–74** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **91–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-27** Originating in House Finance
- **2026-02-27** Do pass
- **2026-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-03** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 276) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-03** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 340) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2026-03-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 418) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Comm. title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2026-03-10** 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. 700)
- **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 3/25/26 `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 129, 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/3db23d68-d4d5-403d-9a20-10c52c6e4941`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).