republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5089.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	Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials	Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5089	West Virginia HB 5089 (2026)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Ellington	4	38	2	2026-02-03	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/2d0b7988-bf9c-49f2-8ff6-402ad3829317	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5089&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	63638525fca355d21dd4845b8f84dac5e7664c58cf828c1165d9932da973933b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5089 (2026) — Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials

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

• Passage — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 87–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ellington — primary (person)
• Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Canterbury — cosponsor (person)
• Crouse — cosponsor (person)
• Dittman — cosponsor (person)
• Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
• Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
• Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
• Statler — cosponsor (person)
• Toney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-03 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-03 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-26 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-27 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-27 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-02 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-03 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Amendments pending
• 2026-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-03 Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-03 Passed House (Roll No. 263) passage
• 2026-03-03 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-04 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-04 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 On 1st reading
• 2026-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-09 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-09 Laid over on 2nd reading 3/9/2026
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 466) passage
• 2026-03-11 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-11 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-13 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/2026 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 127, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d0b7988-bf9c-49f2-8ff6-402ad3829317. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).