republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2020/hb-4365.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Granting of college credit hours for learning English as a second language	Granting of college credit hours for learning English as a second language	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2020	HB 4365	West Virginia HB 4365 (2020)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Higginbotham	3	35	2	2020-01-16	2020-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/7c040b2c-0ac2-466e-96c1-40c62325d685	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4365&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	9c0022625b046113e29ffe974b90733afffea5441781a32f3958de6605675ad5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4365 (2020) — Granting of college credit hours for learning English as a second language

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. HB4365 HFAT ELLINGTON adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4365 HFAT ELLINGTON adopted.htm)
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Higginbotham — primary (person)
• Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
• Ellington — cosponsor (person)
• Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• Hanna — cosponsor (person)
• Jennings — cosponsor (person)
• Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
• Thompson, R. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Filed for introduction filing
• 2020-01-16 To Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Introduced in House introduction
• 2020-01-16 To House Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Do pass
• 2020-01-24 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-01-24 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-01-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-01-28 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-01-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-01-28 Passed House (Roll No. 49) passage
• 2020-01-28 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2020-01-28 Communicated to Senate
• 2020-01-29 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2020-01-29 To Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 To Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-28 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2020-02-28 Immediate consideration
• 2020-02-28 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2020-02-29 On 2nd reading
• 2020-02-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-02 On 3rd reading
• 2020-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-02 Passed Senate (Roll No. 374) passage
• 2020-03-02 Communicated to House
• 2020-03-02 Completed legislative action
• 2020-03-02 House received Senate message
• 2020-03-05 To Governor 3/5/20 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2020-03-05 To Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2020-03-05 To Governor 3/5/20 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
• 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
• 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/20 executive-signature
• 2020-04-15 Chapter 178, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c040b2c-0ac2-466e-96c1-40c62325d685. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).