---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience"
description: "Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4024"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4024 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/147f74aa-be73-453b-a730-3895971588a0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4024&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cb682c3b01bdc42cc6d265de374c8708f4b6954e1b99a971e6bdc031bb9c0fd7"
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 4024 (2022) — Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4024%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4024)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4024%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4024)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Espinosa — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Workforce Development then Government Organization
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To House Workforce Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2022-01-20** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Do pass
- **2022-01-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-01-28** Passed House (Roll No. 50) `passage`
- **2022-01-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** On 1st reading
- **2022-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** On 2nd reading
- **2022-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2022-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 124) `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Communicated to House
- **2022-02-14** Completed legislative action
- **2022-02-15** House received Senate message
- **2022-02-18** To Governor 2/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-17** To Governor 2/17/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-18** To Governor 2/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-23** Approved by Governor 2/23/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-02-23** Approved by Governor 2/23/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-24** Approved by Governor 2/23/22 - House Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 206, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/147f74aa-be73-453b-a730-3895971588a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).