republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/hb-5252.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring certain minimum experience for the director or coordinator of services class title involving school transportation."
description: "Requiring certain minimum experience for the director or coordinator of services class title involving school transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5252"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5252 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abee594a-2c45-43df-8011-0b315c79773c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5252&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fc028655e7502c9d4113422a5fab9b1231c51aedbe2538892133a7369120d34e"
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 5252 (2024) — Requiring certain minimum experience for the director or coordinator of services class title involving school transportation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5252%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5252)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5252%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5252)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5252%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5252)
4. **hb5252 hfa toney and foster 2-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5252%20hfa%20toney%20and%20foster%202-7%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5252 hfat ellington 2-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5252%20hfat%20ellington%202-7%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5252 s ed am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5252%20s%20ed%20am%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5252 s ed amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5252%20s%20ed%20amt%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **72–26** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **51–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-26** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-26** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Do pass
- **2024-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-06** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 1/7/2024
- **2024-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-07** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 1/9/2024
- **2024-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/12/2024
- **2024-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 149) `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 447) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 769)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 247, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abee594a-2c45-43df-8011-0b315c79773c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).