# West Virginia HB 4136: To require the Department of Education to alter who can certify homeschool portfolios or review them

West Virginia HB 4136, To require the Department of Education to alter who can certify homeschool portfolios or review them, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Pritt; status failed, last action 2026-01-19 (To House Educational Choice) (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4136-2026rs
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: West Virginia HB 4136
- State: West Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: To require the Department of Education to alter who can certify homeschool portfolios or review them
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-01-19, To House Educational Choice
- Sponsor: Pritt
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: §18-8-1, House Educational Choice
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Pritt

## Actions (5)

- 2026-01-19: To House Educational Choice (House)
- 2026-01-14: Filed for introduction (House)
- 2026-01-14: To Education (House)
- 2026-01-14: Introduced in House (House)
- 2026-01-14: To House Education (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4136 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4136 intr.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (signed)
- HB 4106: Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds (signed)
- HB 5694: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313. (signed)
- HB 5353: To bring virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission licensure and create disclosure requirements and daily transaction limitations for ne… (signed)
- HB 4452: To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations (signed)
- HB 4390: Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4136 intr.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4136 intr.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4138-2026rs)
- [HB 4106: Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4106-2026rs)
- [HB 5694: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB5694-2026rs)
- [HB 5353: To bring virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission licen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB5353-2026rs)
- [HB 4452: To remove Mortmain restrictions on religious organizations](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4452-2026rs)
- [HB 4390: Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to tha…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4390-2026rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4136-2026rs (as of 2026-11-04).