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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to college campus safety"
description: "Relating to college campus safety"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4592"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4592 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornby"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609201c3-20f6-4e89-9bcd-b5640217a4cf"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4592&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "28ced58da65d3bdbfb62bffff1720f0141e32e971971a8b166d839def482bf62"
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 4592 (2026) — Relating to college campus safety
## 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=hb4592%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4592)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4592%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4592)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4592%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4592)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4592%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4592)
5. **hb4592 s fin am _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4592%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%203-10%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4592 sfat barrett _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4592%20sfat%20barrett%20_1%203-11%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **950** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hornby — primary (person)
- Browning — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-20** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-20** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 105) `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 540) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-13** 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. 676)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `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`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 171, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/609201c3-20f6-4e89-9bcd-b5640217a4cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).