republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-899.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	Permitting certain teachers to be certified to work as school principals	Permitting certain teachers to be certified to work as school principals	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 899	West Virginia SB 899 (2026)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Thorne	3	37	2	2026-02-10	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/ec8bd29c-eead-49ec-8036-3c7b6c2ca8cb	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=899&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	c8a36cf88e02f7ea6b81e4aac7fadae8a5a96f47ef33a8a3335de991dc03025d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 899 (2026) — Permitting certain teachers to be certified to work as school principals

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

Votes

• Passage — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 88–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Thorne — primary (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-10 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-10 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-10 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. 189) passage
• 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
• 2026-03-08 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-10 Do pass
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/12/2026
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-14 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-14 Passed House (Roll No. 602) passage
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 253, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec8bd29c-eead-49ec-8036-3c7b6c2ca8cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).