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type: "Bill"
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title: "Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”"
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description: "Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 4798"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4798 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Public Safety"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pinson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abfd7758-e686-4694-b395-23c49f8ce662"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4798&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "93d1a5cc89c81ef0a00f7e8d51e3242000c64738bdb5f27ee08b68cc7accf8b0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 4798 (2026) — Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4798%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4798)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4798%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4798)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4798%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4798)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4798%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4798)
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5. **hb4798 s ed am _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4798%20s%20ed%20am%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)
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6. **hb4798 sfat grady _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4798%20sfat%20grady%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Pinson — primary (person)
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- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
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- Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
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- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Parsons — cosponsor (person)
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- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
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- Toney — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-23** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** To House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-08** To House Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-18** To House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-20** By substitute, do pass
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- **2026-02-20** 2nd reference dispensed
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- **2026-02-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 183) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-26** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading
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- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 378) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Title amendment adopted
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- **2026-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 380)
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- **2026-03-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-11** House Message received
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- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abfd7758-e686-4694-b395-23c49f8ce662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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