Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation SB285
Legislation Overview
Title: Creating WV Guardian Program
Subject: Education (K12)
Description: The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Guardian Program. The bill sets out the purpose of the program and allows county school boards to hire independent contractors to provide safety services in schools. The bill defines terms, sets out the authority of independent contractors, and provides requirements for participation in the program. The bill also provides for exclusions from participation in the program. The bill provides for a limitation of liability for county school boards, provides exemptions from purchasing requirements, and excludes independent contractors in the program from participation in state benefit programs.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: To Education
Last Action Date: February 12, 2025
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
2 sponsors: Mike Woelfel (D); Laura Wakim Chapman (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (2 of 34)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2025 | Filed for introduction |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2025 | To Education then Finance |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2025 | Introduced in Senate |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2025 | To Education |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
