republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4798.md

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Bill	Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”	Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4798	West Virginia HB 4798 (2026)	bill	Education (K12) Public Safety	enacted	Pinson	6	42	3	2026-01-23	2026-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/abfd7758-e686-4694-b395-23c49f8ce662	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4798&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	93d1a5cc89c81ef0a00f7e8d51e3242000c64738bdb5f27ee08b68cc7accf8b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4798 (2026) — Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”

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
5. hb4798 s ed am _1 3-3 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4798 sfat grady _1 3-9 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pinson — primary (person)
• Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
• Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Crouse — cosponsor (person)
• Ellington — cosponsor (person)
• Hornby — cosponsor (person)
• Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
• Parsons — cosponsor (person)
• Pritt — cosponsor (person)
• Toney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-23 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-23 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-23 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-08 To House Public Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-18 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-20 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-20 2nd reference dispensed
• 2026-02-23 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-23 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-24 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-25 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Passed House (Roll No. 183) passage
• 2026-02-25 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-26 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-26 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 On 1st reading
• 2026-03-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-06 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-06 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-09 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (Roll No. 378) passage
• 2026-03-09 Title amendment adopted
• 2026-03-09 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-10 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-10 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 380)
• 2026-03-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-10 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-11 House Message received
• 2026-03-11 To Governor 3/11/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-11 To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abfd7758-e686-4694-b395-23c49f8ce662. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).