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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education."
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description: "Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education."
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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 5212"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 5212 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ellington"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-05"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbf49a4f-9e4a-458a-9781-6b4ff7c50ad2"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5212&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "0ed141646a8207729bc2b41311c54788763f687cf62c2541519e95cb0a5ca601"
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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 5212 (2026) — Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education.
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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=hb5212%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5212)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5212%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5212)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5212%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5212)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5212%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5212)
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5. **hb5212 s edu am _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5212%20s%20edu%20am%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ellington — primary (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith, D. — cosponsor (person)
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- Statler — 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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- **2026-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-05** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-02-05** To House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-17** By substitute, do pass
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- **2026-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 150) `passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-21** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-21** To Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendments, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, as amended by Education `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-12** Education com. amendments adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 561) `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 671)
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- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-14** House Message received
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `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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- **2026-06-29** Chapter 174, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
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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/bbf49a4f-9e4a-458a-9781-6b4ff7c50ad2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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