---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public education"
description: "Relating to public education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20191S"
identifier: "HB 206"
citation: "West Virginia HB 206 (20191S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 64
vote_count: 22
first_action: "2019-06-17"
last_action: "2019-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba4a8cda-fcf5-4394-85e9-08147451055a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=206&year=2019&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "165beadb6f509389f0e4a71c2c24061c82d5d37c78beed64b4773c32e1130b81"
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 206 (20191S) — Relating to public education

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No 884)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/1X/votes/house/00884.pdf)
2. **Amendment adopted (Roll No 885)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/1X/votes/house/00885.pdf)
3. **Amendment adopted (Roll No 888)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/1X/votes/house/00888.pdf)
4. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 896)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/1X/votes/house/00896.pdf)
5. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 897)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/1X/votes/house/00897.pdf)
6. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 900)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/1X/votes/house/00900.pdf)
7. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 901)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/1X/votes/house/00901.pdf)
8. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB206%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=1X&i=206)
9. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB206%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=1X&i=206)
10. **Motion Previous Question adopted (Roll No. 891)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/1X/votes/house/00891.pdf)
11. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB206%20ORG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=1X&i=206)

## Votes

- HFA ROWE & HANSEN 6-19 — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- COMMIT TO EDUCATION — **42–54** (fail) · lower
- REJECT COMMITTEE REPORT — **42–54** (fail) · lower
- HFA ZUKOFF ET AL 6-19 REV 2 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HFA DEAN 6-18 #4 — **49–48** (pass) · lower
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **26–71** (fail) · lower
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **51–45** (pass) · lower
- HFA C. THOMPSON 6-19 — **43–53** (fail) · lower
- HFA STORCH ET AL 6-19 REV#2 — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- HFA ESPINOSA 6-18 #5 REV — **51–44** (pass) · lower
- HFA HORNBUCKLE 2021 6-19 — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- HFA DEAN 6-18 #3 — **45–52** (fail) · lower
- HFA HORNBUCKLE PUSHKIN 6-19 — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- HFA CAMPBELL ET AL 6-19 — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- HFA DEAN 6-18 #1 — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- HFA PUSHKIN #1 6-19 — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **19–78** (fail) · lower
- HFA HORNBUCKLE ET AL 6-19#2 — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- HFA DEAN 6-18 #2 — **45–52** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **18–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Malcolm — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Waxman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-17** Originating in House Select Committee on Education Reform C
- **2019-06-17** Motion to reject report from committee rejected (Roll No. 822)
- **2019-06-17** Motion to refer bill to the Education Committee rejected (Roll No. 823)
- **2019-06-17** Do pass
- **2019-06-17** Immediate consideration
- **2019-06-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-06-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18** Amendments pending
- **2019-06-19** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2019-06-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 883) `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Roll No 884)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Roll No 885)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 887) `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Roll No 888)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 889) `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 890) `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-19** Motion Previous Question adopted (Roll No. 891)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 892) `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 894) `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-19** Motion Previous Question rejected (Roll No. 895)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 896)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 897)
- **2019-06-19** Motion Previous Question rejected (Roll No. 898)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 899) `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 900)
- **2019-06-19** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 901)
- **2019-06-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-06-19** Passed House (Roll No. 902) `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-19** Effective from passage (Roll No. 903)
- **2019-06-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-06-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-06-24** Immediate consideration
- **2019-06-24** Committee reference dispensed
- **2019-06-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-06-24** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 98)
- **2019-06-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-24** Prezioso Floor amendment #1 rejected (Roll No. 99)
- **2019-06-24** Prezioso Floor amendment #2 rejected (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-24** Prezioso Floor amendment #3 rejected (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-24** Prezioso Floor amendment #4 rejected (Roll No. 100)
- **2019-06-24** Prezioso Floor amendment #6 rejected (Voice vote)
- **2019-06-24** Prezioso Floor amendment #7 rejected (Roll No. 101)
- **2019-06-24** Hamilton Floor amendment #1 rejected (Roll No. 102)
- **2019-06-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-06-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 103) `passage`
- **2019-06-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 104)
- **2019-06-24** Communicated to House
- **2019-06-24** Completed legislative action
- **2019-06-28** To Governor 6/28/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-23** To Governor 6/28/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** Approved by Governor 6/28/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-23** Approved by Governor 6/28/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-10-01** Chapter 31, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba4a8cda-fcf5-4394-85e9-08147451055a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).