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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to investigations of allegations of child safety violations for school personnel."
description: "Relating to investigations of allegations of child safety violations for school personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4395"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4395 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Drennan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbd25f39-cc91-4195-92ba-73ae88e313ef"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4395&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e03f14441c92bf866e838be5e252343c2e41b883fb30d9f65b083d6af177f527"
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 4395 (2026) — Relating to investigations of allegations of child safety violations for school personnel.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4395%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4395)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4395%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4395)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4395%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4395)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4395%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4395)
5. **hb4395 hfa foggin 2-26 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4395%20hfa%20foggin%202-26%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4395 sfat grady _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4395%20sfat%20grady%20_1%203-10%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Drennan — primary (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** To House Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-08** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-17** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/27/2026
- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 220) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-04** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 396) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 498)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **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`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbd25f39-cc91-4195-92ba-73ae88e313ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).