---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth"
description: "Relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4619"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4619 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ce8fd99-7b20-4fae-a618-847cdff531f4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4619&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "472d7424d95ef4e56764873ab298d62410b28c2aaa96cea3c6fb8dd6b808fd34"
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 4619 (2018) — Relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4619%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4619)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4619%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4619)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4619%20ORG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4619)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **92–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Folk — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Upson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Originating in House Education
- **2018-02-13** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2018-02-13** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 211) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 212)
- **2018-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-26** House Message received
- **2018-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 296) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 296)
- **2018-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-03** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-08** To Governor 3/8/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-08** To Governor 3/8/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/8/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Chapter 76, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ce8fd99-7b20-4fae-a618-847cdff531f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).