republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4995.md

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Bill	Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms	Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4995	West Virginia HB 4995 (2026)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Martin	5	40	2	2026-01-30	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/0bba6ff5-a867-41cf-9fae-6d95a2dfd4aa	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4995&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	0b2db8f753f84e5398721de39700681fd0e0d0f66d907b5418b6c31c82254984	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4995 (2026) — Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Passage — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Martin — primary (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
• Hornby — cosponsor (person)
• Kump — cosponsor (person)
• Mallow — cosponsor (person)
• Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
• Toney — cosponsor (person)
• Willis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-30 To Education then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-30 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-23 By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary
• 2026-02-23 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-02 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-03-02 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-03 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Passed House (Roll No. 293) passage
• 2026-03-04 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-05 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-05 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-12 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 551) passage
• 2026-03-13 Motion to reconsider passage adopted (voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 Senate reconsidered and passed bill (Roll No. 552)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-13 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - 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
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 124, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bba6ff5-a867-41cf-9fae-6d95a2dfd4aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).