---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a public charter school’s application for funding"
description: "Relating to a public charter school’s application for funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20242S"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "West Virginia HB 227 (20242S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-09-30"
last_action: "2024-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5c310ec-5bf9-4176-a10e-c88164d4e517"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=227&year=2024&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "eaf1f20da19b2f5de6c8cc9c1dc4b331300b19458a456d85ffc846a85dd0ce8a"
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 227 (20242S) — Relating to a public charter school’s application for funding

## 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=hb227%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=227)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb227%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=227)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb227%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=227)
4. **hb227 hfa ellington and e. pritt 10-8 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/2X/floor_amends/hb227%20hfa%20ellington%20and%20e.%20pritt%2010-8%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–29** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **74–17** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **25–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-09-30** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-09-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-09-30** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-06** Do pass
- **2024-10-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2024-10-07** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 10/8/2024
- **2024-10-08** Placed at foot of all bills
- **2024-10-08** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-10-08** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2024-10-08** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-10-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-10-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-08** Passed House (Roll No. 943) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 944)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-10-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-10-08** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-10-08** Immediate consideration
- **2024-10-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-08** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 96)
- **2024-10-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 97) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 97)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to House
- **2024-10-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-10-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/15/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/16/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-31** Chapter 34, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5c310ec-5bf9-4176-a10e-c88164d4e517`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).