republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4087.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	To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.	To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4087	West Virginia HB 4087 (2026)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Hornby	4	39	3	2026-01-14	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/128a5869-a657-49c0-99ae-c21625157a6d	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4087&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	7c1a10879056dfd4cdd6b85ac61d93f2745fb9b00f7351364d0a5aad86502f4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4087 (2026) — To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT Mar 17, 2026 — 87–7 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 86–8 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hornby — primary (person)
• Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
• Linville — cosponsor (person)
• Willis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-14 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-14 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Markup Discussion
• 2026-01-20 By substitute, do pass, but first to Finance
• 2026-01-20 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Do pass
• 2026-02-19 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-19 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-20 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-23 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 Passed House (Roll No. 158) passage
• 2026-02-23 Effective March 17, 2026 (Roll No. 159)
• 2026-02-23 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-24 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-24 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Reported do pass, but first to Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-12 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 528) passage
• 2026-03-13 Effective March 17, 2026 (Roll No. 529)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-13 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/17/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 121, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/128a5869-a657-49c0-99ae-c21625157a6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).