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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4422: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities in the fall

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 4422 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities in the fall. Primary sponsor: Marty Gearheart (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 30, 2026): To Education.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Marty GearheartPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Eric BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Jim ButlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Jeff CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Roy CooperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse40
Joe EllingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
John Paul HottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
LinvilleCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
PrittCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Bill RoopCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Jeff StephensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. To Education
  2. To Education
  3. Introduced in Senate
  4. Communicated to Senate
  5. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  6. Passed House (Roll No. 27)
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  9. Read 2nd time
  10. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  11. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  12. Read 1st time

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source