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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disciplining teachers"
description: "Relating to disciplining teachers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4378"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4378 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c20023d-d689-436d-8eef-52cc4805dc0f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4378&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b8eb2c25d8b3267c5f73a271c7c48bca69175798738b5b9d4da339a892fafaa6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia HB 4378 (2020) — Relating to disciplining teachers
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4378%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4378)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4378%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4378)
3. **HB4378 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4378 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4378 S ED AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4378 S ED AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4378 SFA _1 WELD 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4378 SFA _1 WELD 3-4 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4378%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4378)
## Votes
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **970** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hill — primary (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Martin, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-16** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 99) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-03** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-04** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-04** Deferred until foot of 2nd
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 457) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 692)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 317, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c20023d-d689-436d-8eef-52cc4805dc0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).