republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5212.md

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Bill	Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education.	Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education.	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5212	West Virginia HB 5212 (2026)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Ellington	5	40	3	2026-02-05	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/bbf49a4f-9e4a-458a-9781-6b4ff7c50ad2	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5212&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	0ed141646a8207729bc2b41311c54788763f687cf62c2541519e95cb0a5ca601	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5212 (2026) — Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education.

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. hb5212 s edu am _1 3-3 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 95–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ellington — primary (person)
• Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Hornby — cosponsor (person)
• Jennings — cosponsor (person)
• Mallow — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
• Smith, D. — cosponsor (person)
• Statler — cosponsor (person)
• Toney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-05 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-05 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-05 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-17 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-18 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-18 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-19 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-20 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Passed House (Roll No. 150) passage
• 2026-02-20 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-21 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-21 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-21 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Reported do pass, with amendments, but first to Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-04 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Reported do pass, as amended by Education 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
• 2026-03-12 Education com. amendments adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 561) passage
• 2026-03-13 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 671)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/26 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 174, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbf49a4f-9e4a-458a-9781-6b4ff7c50ad2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).