republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5438.md

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Bill	To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs.	To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs.	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5438	West Virginia HB 5438 (2026)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Toney	9	50	4	2026-02-11	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ec422dbf-a6a7-423c-85c9-5d256f8eb67e	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5438&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	543d731e243e108353b278c749820590290081b92e0f483fbdb71595cb265f1e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5438 (2026) — To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs.

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. hb5438 hfa mcgeehan 3-13 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb5438 hfat mcgeehan 3-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. hb5438 s edu am _1 3-9 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. hb5438 sfa oliverio _1 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
9. hb5438 sfat grady _1 3-13 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Toney — primary (person)
• Statler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-11 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-11 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-11 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-20 By substitute, do pass, but first to Finance
• 2026-02-20 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 Do pass
• 2026-03-02 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 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. 312) passage
• 2026-03-04 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-05 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-05 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Reported do pass, with amendments, but first to Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 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 Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-13 Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 590) passage
• 2026-03-13 Title amendment adopted
• 2026-03-13 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 591)
• 2026-03-13 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 685)
• 2026-03-14 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 686)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 713)
• 2026-03-14 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 714)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/26 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 128, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec422dbf-a6a7-423c-85c9-5d256f8eb67e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).