republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-890.md

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Bill	Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours	Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 890	West Virginia SB 890 (2026)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Roberts	8	49	5	2026-02-09	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/aecdc60a-a47a-47bf-90ac-bb8c721c7bf8	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=890&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	c9273f010d51034959f395185984b5a353a2cb6bf81e20bf649cd0fbb97dbff4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 890 (2026) — Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. sb890 h edu am _1 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. sb890 h edu am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. sb890 hfat statler 3-10 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. sb890 sfa martin _1 3-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. sb890 sfat martin _1 3-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 90–2 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT Jul 01, 2027 — 96–1 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT Jul 01, 2027 — 91–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 23–5 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 93–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roberts — primary (person)
• Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Fuller — cosponsor (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-09 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-09 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-09 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-19 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-19 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-20 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-21 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-21 Passed Senate (Roll No. 187) passage
• 2026-02-21 Effective July 1, 2027 (Roll No. 188)
• 2026-02-21 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-23 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-23 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-23 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-03 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-09 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-10 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-10 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-10 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-11 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/12/2026
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 478) passage
• 2026-03-12 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Effective July 1, 2027 (Roll No. 479)
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 635)
• 2026-03-14 Effective July 1, 2027 (Roll No. 636)
• 2026-03-14 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. 698)
• 2026-03-14 Effective July 1, 2027 (Roll No. 699)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-19 To Governor 3/19/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
• 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
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aecdc60a-a47a-47bf-90ac-bb8c721c7bf8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).