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State Senator
Mike Woelfel
(D) - West Virginia
West Virginia Senate District 05
In Office - Started: 01/14/2015
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Capitol Office
State Capitol Complex, Building 1
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: 304-357-7956
District office Phone
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Phone: 304-522-6249
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB22 | Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases | AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §36-4-9c, relating to providing for enhanced damages for non-payment of royalties due from oil, natural gas, or natural gas liquids production under the terms of a lease or other agreement; providing for treble damages for unpaid royalties after non-payment for six months, unless there is a bona fide dispute or the damages are otherwise provided for in writing; providing for proper jurisdiction and venue for causes of action to resolve disputes; providing for the prevailing party to be awarded reasonable attorney’s fees and costs; and providing that the section applies to disputes filed on or after July 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB531 | Relating to offenses of assault and battery on athletic officials | AN ACT to amend and reenact §61-2-15a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to crimes against athletic officials; clarifying that victims include participants; creating definitions; establishing minimum criminal penalties; establishing minimum fines; authorizing county boards of education and governing boards for a state institution for higher education to give written notice banning any person convicted of an offense under this section from certain sports events; requiring written notice to the person banned; and establishing that a violation of the ban is a form of trespass. | Vetoed |
| SB561 | Relating to Uniform Special Deposits Act | AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §31A-9-1, §31A-9-2, §31A-9-3, §31A-9-4, §31A-9-5, §31A-9-6, §31A-9-7, §31A-9-8, §31A-9-9, §31A-9-10, §31A-9-11, §31A-9-12, §31A-9-13, §31A-9-14, §31A-9-15, and §31A-9-16, relating to the Uniform Special Deposits Act; providing citation; defining terms; providing for applicability to special deposits in certain circumstances; providing exceptions; allowing variation by agreement or amendment; setting forth requirements for a special deposit; requiring permissible purpose for special deposit; allowing termination of special deposit in certain circumstances; describing when bank is obligated to pay beneficiary; clarifying who has a property interest in special deposit; providing for creditor process enforceability in certain circumstances; permitting injunctive or similar relief by court; prohibiting recoupment or setoff against special deposit; providing exceptions to prohibition on recoupment or setoff against special deposit; describing duties and liability of bank holding special deposit; terminating special deposit after five years unless otherwise agreed; providing for payment of remaining balance; providing for supplementation of article by specified West Virginia laws; providing for promotion of uniformity; and providing applicability after effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB747 | Relating to Real Estate License Act | AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-40-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the Real Estate License Act; and creating an exception to the requirement that a real estate broker maintain a definite place of business within the state for nonresidents who maintain a definite place of business in their jurisdiction of residence. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB825 | Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation | AN ACT to amend and reenact §18B-12-1 and §18B-12-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §18B-12-11, relating to permitting higher education institutions to enter into agreements with certain nonprofit organizations; defining terms; clarifying legislative findings and purpose to facilitate economic development and foster and enhance the operational success and competitive nature of intercollegiate athletics; permitting agreements for purposes of economic development and job creation; and establishing powers to govern the business relationship of any state higher education institution and nonprofit corporation contracting for such economic development purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB615 | Eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements | AN ACT to amend and reenact §11-15-16, §11-15A-10, and §11-21-74 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to eliminating accelerated tax payment requirements. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB652 | Expanding cardiac arrest provisions to be applicable to elementary schools | AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-5-22e of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to expanding provisions pertaining to cardiac arrest to be applicable to elementary schools; requiring cardiac response plans to be venue specific and practiced annually; requiring schools to develop a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the appropriate use of school personnel to respond to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency while on school grounds outside of athletic events; and imposing certain cardiac arrest-related requirements on coaches and any other personnel supervising a youth sports league team that plays or practices on school grounds. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB650 | Relating to full-time interventionists | AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-5-18a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing that a full-time interventionist hired and assigned to up to two classrooms satisfies the early childhood assistant teacher, aide, or paraprofessional related requirements for kindergarten through third grades for both classrooms; excluding kindergarten and first grade from authority to cover two classrooms with one full-time interventionist; providing that any early childhood assistant teacher, aide, paraprofessional, or interventionist assigned to a kindergarten or first grade classroom must be full-time in order to satisfy certain requirements; and clarifying that a part-time interventionist only satisfies those requirements for one classroom. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB35 | Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System | AN ACT to amend and reenact §8-22A-2, §16-5V-2, §18B-4-5, and §18B-7-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §16-5V-6f, relating to retirement of certain law-enforcement officers; amending definitions; providing definition for bona fide separation from service upon retirement; allowing campus police officers hired before January 1, 2026, to participate in the Municipal Police and Firefighters Retirement System under certain conditions; mandating newly hired campus police officers to participate in the Municipal Police and Firefighters Retirement System beginning on January 1, 2026; authorizing home confinement officers to participate in the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System; requiring newly hired home confinement officers to participate in the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System beginning on January 1, 2025; and providing for home confinement officers to transfer from the Public Employees Retirement System to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB464 | Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor | AN ACT to amend and reenact §17A-3-14g of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the issuance of special plates to recipients of the Distinguished Medal of Valor or their surviving spouse; providing for plate design by Division of Motor Vehicles; specifying fees; exempting certain individuals from registration fees; and providing application and qualification requirements. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB282 | Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage | AN ACT to amend and reenact §18A-2-3 and §18A-4-15a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to statutory provisions that pertain to allowing a person receiving retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement System to accept employment as a critical needs substitute teacher or bus operator for an unlimited number of days each fiscal year if certain conditions are satisfied; creating exceptions to posting related requirements applicable when a retired teacher is employed as a critical needs substitute; changing the statutory expiration date; creating exceptions to posting related requirements applicable when a retired bus operator is employed as a critical needs substitute; and changing the statutory expiration date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR50 | Requesting federal government study waterway restoration to mitigate existing and future flooding | Requesting stream and river restoration opportunities that would assist the citizens of West Virginia in addressing existing flooding damage and mitigating the risk of future flooding damage be evaluated and acted upon by the federal government. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB939 | Relating to testing for substance use disorder | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §16B-13-4a, relating to testing for substance use disorder; and setting forth testing guidelines for office-based medication-assisted treatment facilities. | Dead |
| SB937 | Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Economic Development | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB155 | Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program | A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5D-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring every county public school system to conduct an annual countywide survey of public school students to determine their non-school eating patterns and the availability of nutritious food to them when schools are closed; requiring each county board to collect and compile information regarding availability of food resources in the county during non-school days and distribute this information to all students; requiring each county board to provide its survey, a summary of its activities, and any findings or recommendations the county school board has related thereto to the West Virginia Office of Child Nutrition; and removing authority for each public school to include in its crisis response plan an assessment and plan to feed students during noninstructional or nontraditional remote learning days and public virtual school students that includes emergency situations that may require innovative ways to deliver food to student homes. | Dead |
| SB458 | Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025 | AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §30-1-27, relating to the establishment of universal professional and occupational licensing, registration, and certification. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB773 | Adding new item of appropriation to State Board of Education | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB781 | Decreasing appropriation to Economic Development Authority and increasing appropriation to Department of Human Services | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to decrease an existing item of appropriation and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending units for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB775 | Expiring funds from WV Economic Development Authority | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to expire funds from the aforesaid account to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB786 | Supplemental appropriation to State Board of Education, State Department of Education | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB766 | Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025.Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added. | Dead |
| SB772 | Decreasing appropriation to Department of Health Facilities | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to decrease an existing item and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending units for the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB767 | Supplemental appropriation to Bureau for Medical Services | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB771 | Supplemental appropriation to State Board of Education | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB690 | Authorizing county commissions to increase compensation of elected county officials | A BILL to amend and reenact §7-7-1 and §7-7-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing county commissions to increase the compensation of elected county officials. | Dead |
| SB76 | Increasing WV Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for certain members | The purpose of this bill is to increase the West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System accrued benefit for members who retire on or after January 1, 2028, and provide funding for the benefit. | Dead |
| SB54 | Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-2-9b, relating to requiring all public schools located within this state to give age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust. | Dead |
| SB548 | Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §18-36-1, §18-36-2, §18-36-3, §18-36-4, §18-36-5, and §18-36-6, relating to the creation of the Safety and Violence Education for Students Act; requiring all schools serving students grades six through 12 to provide to students at least one hour, or one standard class period, of evidence-based youth violence prevention training each school year; requiring all schools serving students grades K-12 to provide to students at least one hour, or one standard class period, of evidence-based social inclusion training each school year; requiring the West Virginia Department of Education to develop a list of evidence-based trainings and materials to fulfill the youth violence prevention training and the social inclusion training; allowing the West Virginia Department of Education to require all schools serving grades K-12 to designate a student-led violence prevention club; addressing costs associated with implementation; defining terms; and making requirements of article voluntary for public charter schools and nonpublic schools. | Dead |
| SR44 | Memorializing life of basketball legend Jerry West | Memorializing the life of Jerry West, basketball legend and son of West Virginia. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB621 | Authorizing digital court records | AN ACT to amend and reenact §51-1-12 and §51-3-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing digital court records; providing duties of Clerk of Supreme Court of Appeals or designated staff to include preserving digital and physical court records; requiring orders to be entered in a book or kept digitally by clerk of court; and removing requirement that order books be signed by judge or presiding officer. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB283 | Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation | AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-2-7c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to expanding the grade levels that the course of study in personal finance can be completed in for the purpose of counting toward satisfying the personal finance course requirement for high school graduation; and providing that the expansion of the grade levels applies retroactively. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB934 | Relating to low-proof spirit alcohol products | A BILL to amend and reenact §60-1-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new article, designated §60-8B-1, §60-8B-2, §60-8B-3, §60-8B-4, and §60-8B-5, relating to the manufacture, sale, and distribution of low-proof spirit alcohol products. | Dead |
| SB506 | Relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18A-4-2d, relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers; setting out legislative findings; defining terms; requiring use of the highest of two multipliers to be used to set the amount of the market pay enhancement; requiring market pay enhancement to be adjusted annually; providing payments are in excess of certain other amounts; requiring West Virginia Board of Education report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance; and allowing West Virginia Board of Education rules to explain and implement this new section. | Dead |
| SB755 | Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act | A BILL to amend of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §18-14-1, §18-14-2, §18-14-3, §18-14-4, §18-14-5, §18-14-6, and §18-14-7, relating to the creation of the West Virginia Public Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act; providing for findings, purpose, and intent; providing for establishment of the five-year program for the placement of licensed athletic trainers in all public secondary schools by having the athletic trainer on staff or contracted through the county board; requiring annual appropriation to fund the program; providing for expansion of the current career and technical education sports medicine programs; requiring alignment with accreditation and certification standards necessary for students to continue their education in athletic training or related health care fields at institutions of higher education; requiring West Virginia Board of Education rule to implement; requiring program development and maintenance in compliance with West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission rules; requiring commission to provide certain guidance; allowing state to use the West Virginia Underwood-Smith Loan Repayment Program to provide student loan payments to certain individuals; and providing for a timeline of implementation. | Dead |
| SR41 | Designating March 27, 2025, as Local Food and Farm Day | Designating March 27, 2025, as Local Food and Farm Day at the Legislature. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB938 | Expiring funds from Department of Administration | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to expire funds from the aforesaid account to the State Fund, General Revenue unappropriated surplus balance for the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB881 | Modifying authority of certain higher education entities to sell and transfer property | The purpose of this bill is to update the required procedures for an institution of higher education to sell and transfer property. | Dead |
| SB727 | Directing study of child welfare system be conducted by independent third party | The purpose of this bill is to create a study of the child welfare system by independent third party; require a presentation of a written report and findings by a certain date; and require a confidentiality agreement of the independent third party. | Dead |
| SB725 | Relating to unlawful expenditures by local fiscal bodies | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the limitations under which local fiscal bodies may obligate funds beyond a period of one year. | Dead |
| SB460 | Relating to vaccine requirements | The purpose of this bill is to create exemptions to mandatory vaccination requirements to accommodate religious conviction or moral grounds. The bill also revises the existing medical exemption process and eliminates the position of the State Immunization Officer. The bill permits a civil action for violations of this section. | Dead |
| SB472 | Requiring transparency from Department of Human Services | The purpose of this bill is to require transparency from the Department of Human Services. | Dead |
| SB737 | Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §19-40-1, §19-40-2, §19-40-3, and §19-40-4, relating to creating the West Virginia Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program; stating legislative findings; providing definitions; allowing the Commissioner of Agriculture, when a need is identified by one of the specified entities, to authorize a farm equipment repair pilot program in which a career and technical education center, comprehensive high school, or the community and technical college works with businesses to establish and facilitate a program to ensure that instructors are provided with the educational or technologies required to make localized repairs to farm equipment and train students for future jobs in the program; limiting number of pilot programs to five; allowing program to be set up in a community partnership-style arrangement and to be initiated by first meeting with the commissioner to collaborate and form a plan of implementation, operation, and scope that will result in a functional effort and startup model; allowing certain agreements to be included in the deliverable, result-based items included in the strategic plan of implementation; prohibiting repair providers and businesses from being required to disclose any proprietary training, tools, or software to participate in the pilot programs; allowing pilot program to be facilitated under guidelines set forth by the commissioner alongside educational partners; and requiring the commissioner, in collaboration with the West Virginia Board of Education and the Higher Education Policy Commission, to propose legislative rules for promulgation. | Dead |
| SB936 | Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Arts, Culture, and History | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add new items of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB935 | Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Homeland Security | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add new items of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending units for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB888 | Relating to testing for individuals in drug treatment | The purpose of this bill is to describe the progression of treatment for substance use disorder. | Dead |
| SB589 | Providing pay increases to members of judiciary | A BILL to amend and reenact §50-1-3, §51-1-10a, §51-2-13, §51-2A-6, §51-9-4, §51-9-6a, §51-9-6b, §51-9-6c, and §51-11-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to repeal §51-9-6d, relating to salaries and retirement benefits of judges; increasing annual salary of magistrates, justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals, circuit court judges, family court judges, and judges of the Intermediate Court of Appeals; suspending contribution of courts into judicial retirement system until certain condition met; providing for actuarially reduced pension benefit for judges in certain circumstances; increasing surviving spouse plan benefit; eliminating distinction between certain judges for purposes of calculating surviving spouse plan benefits, surviving dependent children plan benefits, and adjusted annual retirement benefit; and providing sunset date for limitation on retirement benefits. | Dead |
| SB879 | Requiring public high school students submit FAFSA prior to graduation | The purpose of this bill is to require all public high school students to complete and submit a free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) prior to graduation. | Dead |
| SB867 | Prohibiting payment to residential substance use disorder treatment facilities that do not meet certain requirements | The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau for Medical Services to make necessary filings and obtain licensures and accreditation by July 1, 2025 and require compliance for these substance use disorder treatment facilities by an earlier date to accommodate the need for these facilities. | Dead |
| SB853 | Clarifying terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by auditor | The purpose of this bill is to clarify terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by the Auditor. | Dead |
| SB831 | Establishing Troops-to-Teachers Program | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Troops-to-Teachers program. | Dead |
| SB849 | Providing enhanced pay for State Police | The purpose of this bill is to enhance pay for State Police troopers; provide for market pay enhancement for State Police trooper salaries in certain circumstances; provide for certification to the State Auditor; set out distribution of funds; require reporting; make funds subject to personal income tax; providing funds are in excess of minimum salary schedule; make enhancement not subject to state grievance process; and provide for rulemaking. | Dead |
| SB843 | Allowing Board of Education to prohibit individuals on sex offender registry from being on school property | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit those listed on the state sex offender database from entering school property or attending public school activities and events. The bill also requires parent teacher conferences for those persons to be conducted off school grounds. Finally, the bill permits the State Board of Education to promulgate rules. | Dead |
| SB598 | Permitting judges to refer parents to prosecuting attorney for making certain false allegations in child custody proceedings | The purpose of this bill is to permit judges to refer parents who knowingly makes a false accusation of child abuse or neglect or domestic violence during a child custody proceeding to the appropriate prosecuting authority to determine whether criminal charges are merited for falsely reporting an emergency incident. | Dead |
| SB776 | Creating Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act; to define relevant terms, to prohibit discrimination against a firearm entity or firearm trade association; to provide for remedies for discrimination against a firearm entity or firearm trade association. | Dead |
| SB83 | Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records | A BILL to amend and reenact §49-5-101 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to adding the Foster Care Ombudsman, or his or her designee, as a person to have access to confidential records concerning a child or juvenile in cases involving child abuse or neglect, or both, and in cases where there is a child fatality, or near fatality when the Foster Care Ombudsman, or his or her designee, are acting in the course of their official duties. | Dead |
| SB697 | Creating Caregiver Tax Credit Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish a tax credit for eligible family members providing caregiver services to an eligible family member. | Dead |
| SR36 | Recognizing 100th anniversary of WV State Fair | Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the State Fair of West Virginia. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB818 | Power Generation and Consumption Act of 2025 | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Certified Microgrid Program administered by the Division of Economic Development. | Dead |
| SB806 | Reorganizing several provisions of bail statutes | The purpose of this bill is to reorganize several key provisions of the bail statutes with an emphasis on application of factors for certain bail determinations. | Dead |
| SB814 | Allowing county commissions to establish fees for municipality-provided fire services | The purpose of this bill is to provide the county commission discretion for imposing a county fire service fee and require county commission approval before fees established on or after January 1, 2024, are imposed on individuals or businesses located outside the municipality. | Dead |
| SB798 | Exempting new hires and promoted employees within certain state agencies from classified civil service system | The purpose of this bill is to exempt new hires and promoted employees within the Bureau of Senior Services, Department of Administration, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Revenue, and Department of Veterans Affairs from the classified civil service system and the state grievance process starting on July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| SB221 | Authorizing child or child care tax credit | The purpose of this bill is to create and authorize a state child and child care tax credit. | Dead |
| SB456 | Defining "men" and "women" | AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §5-32-1, §5-32-2, §5-32-3, §5-32-4, §5-32-5, §5-32-6, §5-32-7, §5-32-8, and §5-32-9, relating to sex definitions and single-sex spaces; providing purposes and general application; providing findings; creating definitions; establishing a standard of review; clarifying that the article does not authorize certain examinations of minor children; providing that determination of the biological sex of a minor is determined at the minor’s time of birth; providing for certain standards applicable to domestic violence shelters, public schools, institutions of higher education, and correctional institutions; clarifying certain sex-based data collection; and providing for severability. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB220 | Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention | A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-41 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring in grades three through six at least annual age-appropriate instruction in child sexual abuse prevention; requiring in grades three through six at least annual instruction in personal safety and assault prevention; providing exception; requiring annual notice to parent or guardian at least one week prior to personal safety and assault prevention instruction; requiring in grades seven through 12 at least annual age-appropriate instruction in dating violence prevention and sexual violence prevention; and making requirements of section voluntary for public charter schools and nonpublic schools. | Dead |
| SB777 | Supplemental appropriation to Department of Veterans' Assistance Fund | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB774 | Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health, WV Birth to Three Fund | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB768 | Supplemental appropriation to Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase items of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending units for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB779 | Supplementing, amending, and increasing appropriation to DMV | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB780 | Supplemental appropriation to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB770 | Supplemental appropriation to Department of Art, Culture, and History | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB791 | Supplemental appropriation to Bureau of Public Health, Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB789 | Supplemental appropriation to Department of Commerce | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB788 | Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase existing items of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB785 | Supplemental appropriation to Fire Commission, Fire Marshal Fees | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB784 | Supplemental appropriation to Division of General Services | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB778 | Supplemental appropriation to Department of Human Services | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to increase existing items of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB769 | Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, Office of Secretary | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB782 | Supplemental appropriation to Dietitians Licensure Board Fund | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SR32 | Designating March 17, 2025, as Domestic Violence Awareness Day | Designating March 17, 2025, as Domestic Violence Awareness Day at the Legislature. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB787 | Supplemental appropriation to Department of Health | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, increase existing items of appropriation, and add new items of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB783 | Supplemental appropriation to Public Defender Services | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to increase existing items of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB757 | Creating private cause of action for deprivation of right granted by state constitution or by state law | The purpose of this bill is to create a private cause of action for the deprivation of rights granted by the state constitution or by state law. | Dead |
| SB756 | Supplemental appropriation to DNR, Wildlife Resources | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, increase, and decrease existing items of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB477 | Requiring ambulance, if available, at middle school or high school football game | A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-25c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring an ambulance, if available, at any middle school or high school football game under the control, supervision, and regulation of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission; and providing that if the ambulance is required to leave due to being called away on an emergency, the game can continue. | Dead |
| SB750 | Eliminating appointment process for PSC commission members | The purpose of this bill is to have members of the Public Service Commission be elected to six-year terms through state-wide, nonpartisan elections. | Dead |
| SB740 | Establishing Stop Squatters Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Stop Squatters Act; providing a limited alternative remedy to remove unauthorized persons from residential and commercial real properties. The bill also establishes criminal offenses and penalties for intentional property damage by persons in unlawful possession, or who present a false document purporting to convey real property or attempt to list for sale or rent without title thereto. | Dead |
| SB121 | Updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure | A BILL to amend and reenact §15-12-2, §61-8-9, and §61-11-18 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, requiring registration as sex offender for those convicted of newly created felony offense of indecent exposure to certain minors; declaring that indecent exposure requires exposing one's nude penis, vagina, or anus; authorizing a person convicted of third offense indecent exposure for purposes of sexual gratification to be both fined and imprisoned; creating enhanced penalties for second and subsequent violations; creating the criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors; removing breast-feeding exemption as unnecessary due to definition clarification; defining terms; establishing criminal penalties for the new offense; and declaring that the felony offenses of indecent exposure are qualifying offenses for the purpose of recidivist sentencing enhancements. | Dead |
| SB284 | Relating to county board of education member orientation and compensation | A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5-1a and §18-5-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to adding to topics required to be covered by the county board of education member orientation; requiring that any county board of education member who is unable to attend the initial orientation training for good cause complete a make-up orientation training within 30 days of being sworn in; requiring any appointed member to attend and complete a make-up orientation training within 30 days of being appointed; increasing annual hours of training required of county board of education members; modifying topics required to be covered by training; allowing the State Board of Education to require a county board of education member to attend additional training under certain conditions; including trainings required by the State Board of Education with those trainings for which failure to attend and complete without good cause constitutes neglect of duty; removing January 1 deadline for the requirement that a county board of education member satisfy the annual training requirement in the final year of any four-year term of office and creating exception to that requirement; adding certain non-voting ex officio members to the County Board Member Training Standards Review Committee; requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to report annually to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability certain County Board Member Training Standards Review Committee and county board member training-related information; setting the county board of education member compensation rate at $260 per meeting attended unless the board votes to approve a lower rate; and excepting payment for mileage from the requirement for presentation of receipts. | Dead |
| SB703 | Allowing Supreme Court of Appeals discretion to create uniform pay scales for all levels of judicial support staff | The purpose of this bill is to allow the Supreme Court of Appeals to create pay scales for judicial support staff. This change will encourage employee recruitment and retention efforts and provide more clarity and consistency in pay structure based on job duties and educational requirements. | Dead |
| SB622 | Authorizing compensation for certain lower court staff | A BILL to amend and reenact §50-1-8, §50-1-9, §50-1-9a, and §51-2A-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing compensation for certain lower court staff; and providing that the annual salary for magistrate court clerks, magistrate assistants, magistrate court deputy clerks, secretary-clerks of family court judges, and family case coordinators shall be determined by a pay scale established by the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals. | Dead |
| SB675 | Requiring participant in federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to report certain data | The purpose of this bill is to require a participant in a federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to report certain data to the Board of Pharmacy. | Dead |
| SB672 | Limiting student use of cell phones in K-12 classrooms | The purpose of this bill is to require students in K through 12 to deposit their mobile phones in a secure container during instructional time; providing exceptions for students who may have a need for their mobile device (for example, students with diabetes or other medical conditions who require access to their cell phone for medical purposes) or have permission from a teacher to use the mobile device for educational purposes. | Dead |
| SB662 | Clarifying racial discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that racial discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles. | Dead |
| SB691 | Restricting access to crime records | The purpose of this bill is to provide a procedure for restricting public access to certain criminal history records. | Dead |
| SB669 | Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in policies | The purpose of this bill is to require medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies. The bill makes findings; provides for determination of infertility; provides prohibited and permissible limitations on coverage; requires rulemaking; establishes an effective date; provides for severability; and defines terms. | Dead |
| SR19 | Designating March 4, 2025, as Marshall University Day | Designating March 4, 2025, as Marshall University Day at the Legislature. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB101 | Imposing deadlines for autopsies and autopsy reports | The purpose of this bill is to impose deadlines for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to perform an autopsy and to provide a copy of the autopsy report. | Dead |
| SB657 | Exempting WV campus police officer retirement income from personal income tax | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from personal income tax West Virginia campus police officer retirement income, after July 1, 2025, including any survivorship annuities, to the extent included in gross income for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year. | Dead |
| SB651 | Creating WV Black Lung Program | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Black Lung Program and to grant entitlement for pain and suffering for occupational pneumoconiosis. | Dead |
| SB653 | Relating generally to EMS retirement | The purpose of this bill relates generally to emergency medical services retirement benefits; it extends benefits to emergency vehicle operators; and modifies the definition of final average salary. | Dead |
| SB656 | Relating to impeding, threatening, or harassing first responders | The purpose of this bill is to create a 25-foot barrier around first responders. | Dead |
| SB641 | Updating time frame for scheduling of hearing on petition for eviction | The purpose of this bill is to require hearings for eviction proceedings to be scheduled upon filing the petition and provide that the hearing shall be scheduled five to 10 judicial days following filing of the petition. | Dead |
| SB642 | Relating to vacancies in office of magistrate | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate an inconsistency with changes made in the 2022 amendments to this section (HB4785) with respect to filling vacancies in the office of magistrate. | Dead |
| SB545 | Banning certain products from food in WV | A BILL to amend and reenact §16-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §18-5D-3A, relating to prohibiting certain products that are injurious to health; setting forth criteria when food, drink, confectionery, or condiments are adulterated; prohibiting certain unsafe food additives in school nutrition programs; providing for exceptions; and setting effective dates. | Dead |
| SB558 | Requiring computer science course prior to graduation | A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-2-9b, relating to requiring public high school students to earn a minimum of one-half unit of credit in a computer science course prior to graduating; defining “computer science”; requiring the computer science course to meet or exceed standards established by the State Board of Education; requiring the course to be offered in person in a traditional classroom setting unless not feasible; providing for alternatives when offering in person in a traditional classroom setting is not feasible; specifying grade levels in which the credit may be earned; requiring State Board of Education rules detailing how computer science can fulfil other graduation requirements; requiring rules to ensure maximum flexibility for students; imposing requirements pertaining to a student’s transcript if a student uses a computer science course to fulfil the math or science credit; requiring computer science standards include high school introductory computer science courses that include foundational computer science concepts; requiring State Board of Education make available a list of course options that can meet the requirements for the computer science credit; requiring State Board of Education rules to ensure schools can obtain the necessary teacher capacity to support implementation; and allowing additional rules deemed necessary for implementation. | Dead |
| SB253 | Creating Chronic Weight Management Task Force | The purpose of this bill is to create a Chronic Weight Management Task Force to study obesity and make report of its findings to the Joint Committee on Health. The bill sets forth the members of the task force and provides for administrative support by the Department of Health at the discretion of the Secretary. The bill requires other state agencies to cooperate with the task force. | Dead |
| SR15 | Designating February 27, 2025, Sexual Violence Awareness Day | Designating February 27, 2025, as Sexual Violence Awareness Day at the Legislature. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB623 | Specifying circumstances in which senior judges and justices may be recalled to service | The purpose of this bill is to specify the circumstances in which senior judges and justices may be recalled to service. | Dead |
| SB620 | Relating to time for appeal in Intermediate Court of Appeals | The purpose of this bill is to update the statute governing timing for appeals, as appeals are no longer initiated by the filing of a "petition". | Dead |
| SB619 | Authorizing judge or chief judge to fill prospective vacancy in office of magistrate | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the judge or chief judge of a multi-judge circuit to fill a prospective vacancy in the office of magistrate due to upcoming resignation or retirement or the magistrate, including where a magistrate-elect has been elected but not yet taken office. | Dead |
| SB616 | Supplementary appropriation of public moneys to DHS, Medical State Share Fund | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend, and increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid accounts for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025. | Dead |
| SB624 | Relating to vacancies in offices of state officials | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Governor to appoint an acting official to perform the duties of the constitutional officer until the office is filled by appointment by the Governor. | Dead |
| SB603 | Exempting WV campus police officer retirement income from personal income tax after specified date | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from personal income tax West Virginia campus police officer retirement income, after July 1, 2025, including any survivorship annuities, to the extent included in gross income for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year. | Dead |
| SR13 | Memorializing life of Wanda Porterfield Casto | Memorializing the life of Wanda Porterfield Casto, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and dedicated public servant. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR3 | Creating Select Committee on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health | Creating a Select Committee on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health for the Eighty-Seventh Legislature. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB139 | Relating to filling of vacancies in Legislature | A BILL to amend and reenact §3-10-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the filling of vacancies in the Legislature; requiring that county and district political parties submitting a list of legally qualified persons to the Governor to fill a vacancy in the Legislature follow the process established by the state executive committee of that political party; and providing that an individual must reside within the district he or she would represent for one year prior to appointment in order to be eligible to fill a vacancy in the Legislature. | Dead |
| SB583 | Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state | The purpose of this bill is to create economic incentives for data centers to locate | Dead |
| SB582 | Permitting current campus police officers to participate in WV DNR Police Officer Retirement System | The purpose of this bill is to permit current campus police officers in this state to participate in the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System. The bill also mandates newly hired campus police officers to participate in the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System beginning on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| SB549 | Eliminating income tax on qualified tipped wages | The purpose of this bill is to authorize a personal income tax deduction applicable to qualified tipped wages. | Dead |
| SB554 | Establishing Raylee's Law | The purpose of this bill is to establish "Raylee's Law" and prohibit the authorizing of home schooling when there is a pending child abuse or neglect investigation against a child's parent or guardian or against a person instructing the child. | Dead |
| SB562 | Relating to Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act. | Dead |
| SJR10 | State Senate and House of Delegates Term Limits Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section three, article VI thereof, relating to term limits for members of the Senate and House of Delegates; limiting senators to three consecutive terms; limiting delegates to six consecutive terms; establishing beginning date of term limitations; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB528 | Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child | The purpose of this bill is to add attempt to the criminal offense of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in a position of trust to a child. | Dead |
| SB173 | Permitting hotels and public lodging establishments to provide human trafficking awareness training for employees | The purpose of this bill is to permit a hotel or public lodging establishment to provide annual training regarding human trafficking awareness to employees and to provide for rulemaking. | Dead |
| SB211 | Relating to procedure for citations issued by county litter control officer | The purpose of this bill is to change the procedure for citations issued by the county litter control officer. | Dead |
| SJR9 | Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section four, article VII thereof, relating to term limits for constitutional officers; providing that no person shall serve more than two consecutive terms in any one of the offices of Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, or Attorney General; setting effective date; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB514 | Requiring full text of proposed Constitutional amendments be included on official ballots | The purpose of this bill is to require that the full text of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be included on ballots used in the election at which amendments are submitted to the voters of the state. | Dead |
| SB508 | Creating mental hygiene regions by Supreme Court of Appeals | The purpose of this bill is to allow the Supreme Court of Appeals to employ full-time mental hygiene commissioners with statewide jurisdiction to conduct mental hygiene proceedings in designated regions. The bill also creates a new system of temporary observation releases to ensure continued compliance with treatment plans and to allow for more efficient follow-up commitment if criteria have returned. Finally, the bill allows evaluators to conduct evaluations statewide and requires Certified Community Mental Health Centers to ensure that at least one examiner is available to provide coverage in each region at all hours and limits who may perform these evaluations. | Dead |
| SR6 | Commemorating 75th anniversary of Sport Fish Restoration Program | Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Sport Fish Restoration Program as part of the American system of conservation funding. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB455 | Updating meaning certain terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act | The purpose of this bill is to update the meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act; and specify effective dates. | Dead |
| SB454 | Updating terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act | The purpose of this bill is to bring terms not defined in The Corporation Net Income Tax Act into conformity with the meaning of those terms for federal income tax purposes; and specifying effective dates. | Dead |
| SB509 | Modifying criminal penalties imposed on parent, guardian, or custodian for child abuse | The purpose of this bill is to modify the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in a position of trust in relation to a child for child abuse resulting in injury and child abuse or neglect creating risk of injury. | Dead |
| SB478 | Repealing athletic eligibility of transfer students | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the requirement that the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission modify its rules to allow high school students to transfer schools and retain athletic eligibility, so that the Commission may modify its rules relating to athletic eligibility of transfer students in its discretion. | Dead |
| SB467 | Setting forth requirements for foster child clothing allowances | The purpose of this bill is to set forth requirements for foster child clothing allowances. | Dead |
| SB499 | Non-Profit Athletics Act | The purpose of this bill is to authorize institutions of higher education to contract with a private corporation to operational, economic, fiscal, and educational development activities and services related to intercollegiate athletics’ programs of the state institution of higher education. | Dead |
| SB481 | Allowing off-duty law-enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and public school events | The purpose of this bill is to allow off duty law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and at public school events. | Dead |
| SB452 | Relating to executive branch reorganization | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the reorganization of several departments and divisions of state government as of July 1, 2025. The bill redesignates the department of economic development as a division under the department of commerce, the abolition of the department of arts, culture, and history and the transfer of its sections and commission under the department of tourism, and permits the governor to elect to appoint the Adjutant General as the secretary of the department of homeland security. | Dead |
| SB457 | Prohibiting cell phones in class | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit students from possessing cell phone in the classroom, and to require the State Board of Education to promulgate legislative rules to implement this prohibition. | Dead |
| SB453 | Repealing certificate of need process | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the certificate of need program on January 1, 2026, terminate the West Virginia Health Care Authority, and transfer the assets, and records; abolition of the authority's employment positions and discretion of the secretary to hire employees of authority in classified-exempt system. | Dead |
| SB461 | Establishing One Stop Shop Permitting Process | The purpose of this bill is to create the One-Stop-Shop Permit Program, to create a Permitting Dashboard to operate as a "one-stop-shop" for obtaining and renewing qualifying permits, and to create a refund requirement for late action by the regulatory agency in responding to permit requests. | Dead |
| SB229 | WV Sexual Assault Survivors' Child Protection Act | The purpose of this bill is to protect the rights and welfare of children conceived as the result of sexual assault, protect the survivors of sexual assault from repeated interactions with the perpetrators, provide definitions, provide for termination of parental rights for perpetrators whose abuse resulted in the conception of a child, require continued child support from the perpetrator unless waived by the survivor, provide authority to establish procedures, and provide services to the survivors and children affected by sexual assault. | Dead |
| SB73 | Clarifying that tenancy includes persons who reside in sober living home | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that persons who reside in sober living homes are tenants and provided tenant protections granted by law and provide for reasonable attorney’s fees for willful or bad faith landlord noncompliance when the tenant resides in a sober living home. | Dead |
| SB116 | Increasing dental coverage limit for Medicaid enrollees | The purpose of this bill is to increase the coverage limit and to require the Bureau for Medical Services to require its Medicaid managed care organizations to provide education to Medicaid enrollees regarding the availability of benefits provided in this section beginning on July 1, 2025, and to require reporting. | Dead |
| SB219 | Amending penalty of simple possession of marijuana from misdemeanor crime to civil violation | The purpose of this bill is to amend the penalty of simple possession of marijuana (less than 15 grams) from a misdemeanor crime to a civil violation. | Dead |
| SJR4 | Protection of Right to Bear Arms Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section 22, article III thereof, relating to the right to keep and bear arms; prohibiting restriction of this amendment by state or local government; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB228 | Restricting driving in left lane of multi-lane highways in WV | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the regulation of driving in the left lane on four-lane interstate highways in West Virginia. The bill provides for the purpose and intent. The bill creates definitions and provides for the prohibition. The bill provides penalties. The bill creates enforcement. Finally, the bill provides for an effective date. | Dead |
| SB120 | Establishing and administering DNA identification system | The purpose of this bill is to designate the Forensic Analysis Laboratory of the Marshall University Forensic Science Center as a backup site for the division’s DNA databank and database to function in the event of a natural disaster or statewide declared emergency which renders the division unable to function. The bill also requires the Chief Medical Examiner to collect samples for inclusion into the DNA Databank from crimes scene or from unidentified human remains which shall reside in the DNA databank. | Dead |
| SB61 | Providing cost-of-living adjustment for certain PERS and State Teachers Retirement System retirees | The purpose of this bill is to provide a $1,000 cost-of-living adjustment to certain retirees of the Public Employees Retirement System and the State Teachers Retirement System. | Dead |
| SB41 | Approving overtime pay for teachers | The purpose of this bill is to approve overtime pay for teachers. | Dead |
| SB53 | Prohibiting schools from starting earlier than 7:45 am | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit schools from starting an instructional day any earlier than 7:45 a.m. | Dead |
| SB215 | Relating to registration as service worker for Bureau for Children and Families | The purpose of this bill is to modify the registration as a service worker for the Bureau for Children and Families of the Department of Human Services. | Dead |
| SB62 | Requiring investigative and assessment services in relation to child welfare | The purpose of this bill is to require centralized intake to have a process for a family assessment track and investigative track for protective services and to define these terms, to revise the process for centralized intake to incorporate these two difference tracks and to require repeat calls within 30 days to be investigated. Making changes to the child welfare data dashboard to require more frequent reporting, to require data trending and permit the data to be searchable with appropriate data suppression to protect privacy, and adding fatality and near fatality child data to the dashboard. | Dead |
| SB137 | Requiring political action committee to disclose contributors' names and addresses to Secretary of State | The purpose of this bill is to require a political action committee to disclose the names and addresses of its contributors to the Secretary of State. | Dead |
| SB82 | Establishing criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults | The purpose of this bill is to establish the same criminal elements and criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults as are applicable to abuse or neglect of children. | Dead |
| SB230 | Relating to DNA collection from those convicted of crimes | The purpose of this bill is to collect DNA from those convicted of crimes to assist in solving other open criminal cases. | Dead |
| SB216 | Providing medical examination transportation services for students who seek support after experiencing sexual violence | The purpose of this bill is to require state intuitions of higher education, to the extent feasible, to provide to their students without charge and in a manner that protects student confidentiality, transportation to and from a local hospital for a trained health care provider to administer a sexual assault forensic medical examination kit where a student seeks support after experiencing sexual violence. | Dead |
| SJR3 | Cannabis Legalization Amendment | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending article IV thereof, by adding thereto a new section, designated section 13, relating to the possession, manufacture, and sale of cannabis by adults 21 years of age or older; expungement of criminal records as it pertains to cannabis convictions; numbering and designating the proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment. | Dead |
| SB222 | Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion | The purpose of this bill is to modify the offenses of extortion and attempted extortion, including threats to publish images of a person’s intimate body parts as a means of committing extortion or attempted extortion. The bill defines the phrase "anything of value, or other consideration" to include certain defined sexual acts and defining images of intimate body parts. Finally, the bill sets forth criminal penalties. | Dead |
| SB189 | Allowing for testimony of spouses in criminal case | The purpose of this bill is to allow testimony by one spouse regarding an offense of the other spouse against a child or grandchild. | Dead |
| SB119 | Stop the Bleed Act | The purpose of this bill is to create the Stop the Bleed Act to require implementation of the act in county schools and to permit private donations and funding by the Legislature. | Dead |
| SB111 | Requiring correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products | The purpose of this bill is to require that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners in all jails, regional jails or state correctional facilities and female juveniles in juvenile detention. | Dead |
| SB74 | Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County | The purpose of this bill is to create a pilot program in Cabell County relating to recovery residences as they relate to landlord-tenant law. | Dead |
| SB118 | Creating Forensic Pathology Recruitment Program | The purpose of this bill is to recruit forensic pathologists; set forth a purpose; define terms; set forth eligibility criteria; set forth required loan repayment documents and procedure; designate the Department of Health to administer the program; set forth award requirements and procedure; create a fund; require rulemaking; and set forth minimum salary. | Dead |
| SB218 | Creating tax credit related to child care expenses | The purpose of this bill is to create a tax credit related to childcare expenses. | Dead |
| SB214 | Creating homeless education coordinator in counties designated by state board as urban county | The purpose of this bill is to create a homeless education coordinator in counties designated by the state board as an urban county. | Dead |
| SB245 | Hunger-Free Campus Act | The purpose of this bill is to create the "Hunger-Free Campus Act," which requires the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission to establish a grant program to address food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions of higher education. | Dead |
| SB217 | Authorizing child or child care tax credit | The purpose of this bill is to create and authorize a state child and childcare tax credit. | Dead |
| SB18 | Allowing county commissions to impose amusement tax | The purpose of this bill is to allow county commissions to impose an amusement tax. | Dead |
| SB186 | Modifying witness fee and mileage rate paid by state to match federal court system | The purpose of this bill is to amend the witness fee rate in West Virginia to match the current federal rate. | Dead |
| SB190 | Increasing retirement benefit multiplier of Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act | The purpose of this bill is to increase the retirement benefit multiplier of the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act from two and one-half percent to three percent of the member's final average salary multiplied by the member's years of credited service. | Dead |
| SB212 | Creating Critical Incident Review Team | The purpose of this bill is to codify the Critical Incident Review Team, to set forth its responsibilities, provide access to information and to set forth confidentiality provisions. | Dead |
| SB210 | Defining protections for election officials and election workers | The purpose of this bill is to clarify acts that constitute the offenses of obstruction or prevention of election activities and to establish the criminal penalties for those acts. | Dead |
| SB7 | Creating crime of desecration of deceased human body | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the crime of a desecration of a human body. | Dead |
| SB239 | Second Look Sentencing Act | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Second Look Sentencing Act. | Dead |
| SB285 | Creating WV Guardian Program | 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. | Dead |
| SB290 | Establishing requirements for wildlife rehabilitation and providing wildlife rehabilitator permit | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the rehabilitation of orphaned, injured, or ill wildlife. The bill provides for the issuance of a Wildlife Rehabilitator permit, establishes requirements for the permit, and authorizes rulemaking. The bill authorizes care for wildlife by Wildlife Rehabilitators. The bill also authorizes care for wildlife by licensed veterinarians, humane societies, and animal control agencies, and provides for transport by individuals of orphaned, injured, or ill wildlife to authorized caregivers. The bill sets restrictions on care provided to wildlife, provides for treatment of non-releasable wildlife, and provides for removal of wildlife improperly cared for by a Wildlife Rehabilitator. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Effective from passage (Roll No. 601) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 600) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2164 | To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel. | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 585) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB196 | Lauren's Law | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 549) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB35 | Permitting campus police officers to participate in Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 604) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB154 | Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 598) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB280 | Displaying official US motto in public schools | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 550) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB102 | Modifying form of certain deeds | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 595) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB427 | Permitting certain teenagers to work without obtaining work permit | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 575) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2347 | The Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act. | Passed Senate (Roll No. 545) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 610) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Motion to concur in House amendments adopted(Roll No. 609) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 608) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Motion to withdraw suspension of Joint Rule 3 and concurrence adopted (Roll No. 607) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Passed Senate (Roll No. 606) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB474 | Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs | Passed Senate (Roll No. 605) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2451 | To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 605) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB526 | Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 551) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB531 | Relating to offenses of assault and battery on athletic officials | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 594) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2695 | Raleigh and Mason Counties Economic Opportunity Development Districts | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 599) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB2797 | Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 581) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Effective from passage (Roll No. 612) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 611) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Effective from passage (Roll No. 583) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB586 | Relating to requirements for filling vacancies in certain elected federal, state, and county offices | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 582) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB581 | Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 576) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB587 | Relating generally to government contracting | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 553) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2880 | Relating to parent resource navigators | Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 602) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB576 | Authorizing fixed odds racing in horse and dog racing | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 552) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3125 | To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses | Effective from passage (Roll No. 590) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3125 | To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses | Passed Senate (Roll No. 589) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3111 | To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary | Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 597) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3111 | To provide pay increases to members of the judiciary | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 596) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3164 | Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee | Passed Senate (Roll No. 603) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB710 | Relating to the practice of teledentistry | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 577) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB712 | Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 554) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB712 | Relating to retirement provisions of systems managed by CPRB | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 555) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3181 | Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement | Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 592) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3297 | Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University. | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 586) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | Effective from passage (Roll No. 568) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | Passed Senate (Roll No. 567) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3357 | Supplemental Appropriation - Lottery Surplus - Hope Scholarship | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 566) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3360 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA Bridge Loan Fund | Effective from passage (Roll No. 571) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3360 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA Bridge Loan Fund | Passed Senate (Roll No. 570) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3360 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA Bridge Loan Fund | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 569) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3356 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship | Effective from passage (Roll No. 565) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3356 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship | Passed Senate (Roll No. 564) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3356 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Hope Scholarship | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 563) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB3352 | Supplemental Appropriation - Human Services - Medicaid | Effective from passage (Roll No. 537) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3352 | Supplemental Appropriation - Human Services - Medicaid | Passed Senate (Roll No. 536) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3352 | Supplemental Appropriation - Human Services - Medicaid | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 535) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3349 | Supplemental Appropriation - Medicaid | Effective from passage (Roll No. 534) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3349 | Supplemental Appropriation - Medicaid | Passed Senate (Roll No. 533) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3349 | Supplemental Appropriation - Medicaid | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 532) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3359 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA and Medicaid Net Zero | Effective from passage (Roll No. 540) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3359 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA and Medicaid Net Zero | Passed Senate (Roll No. 539) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3359 | Supplemental Appropriation - EDA and Medicaid Net Zero | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 538) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3369 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Enrollment | Effective from passage (Roll No. 574) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3369 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Enrollment | Passed Senate (Roll No. 573) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3369 | Supplemental Appropriation - Education - Enrollment | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 572) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3371 | Supplemental Appropriation - - HLFC to OIG Net Zero | Effective from passage (Roll No. 543) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3371 | Supplemental Appropriation - - HLFC to OIG Net Zero | Passed Senate (Roll No. 542) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3371 | Supplemental Appropriation - - HLFC to OIG Net Zero | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 541) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2014 | Certified Microgrid Program | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 591) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB837 | Eliminating WV Office of Equal Opportunity | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 555) | 04/12/2025 | Nay |
| SB825 | Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation | Effective from passage (Roll No. 579) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB825 | Permitting higher education institutions enter agreements with non-profit organizations for economic development and job creation | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 578) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB866 | Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 584) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB914 | Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools | Effective from passage (Roll No. 558) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB914 | Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 557) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB912 | Relating to student growth assessment program | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 556) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB907 | Relating to high impact development projects | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 580) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB941 | Clarifying authority regarding dams designed by US Conservation Service | Effective from passage (Roll No. 560) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB941 | Clarifying authority regarding dams designed by US Conservation Service | Passed Senate (Roll No. 559) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB942 | Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines | Effective from passage (Roll No. 562) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB942 | Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 561) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3517 | Relating generally to fiscal emergencies of local governments | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 593) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3520 | Expiring funds to the surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, Office of Energy | Effective from passage (Roll No. 588) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3520 | Expiring funds to the surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, Office of Energy | Passed Senate (Roll No. 587) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB3520 | Expiring funds to the surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, Office of Energy | Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 544) | 04/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB2054 | Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets | Effective from passage (Roll No. 476) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2054 | Relating to liability of vendors in private farmers markets | Passed Senate (Roll No. 466) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2066 | Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment. | Passed Senate (Roll No. 467) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Effective from passage (Roll No. 470) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2267 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to Promulgate Legislative Rules | Passed Senate (Roll No. 469) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2121 | Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses | Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 468) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2164 | To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel. | Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 514) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB225 | Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers | Effective from passage (Roll No. 500) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB225 | Expanding powers of National Park Service law-enforcement officers | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 499) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB1 | Requiring utility work and road paving coordination | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 519) | 04/11/2025 | Absent |
| HB2026 | Budget Bill | Effective from passage (Roll No. 518) | 04/11/2025 | Absent |
| HB2026 | Budget Bill | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 517) | 04/11/2025 | Absent |
| SB449 | Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools | Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 498) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2344 | Relating generally to traffic safety | Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 471) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2358 | Relating to postmortem examinations | Passed Senate (Roll No. 474) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2351 | Relating to compensation for panel attorneys | Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 473) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2351 | Relating to compensation for panel attorneys | Passed Senate (Roll No. 472) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB2434 | Relating to establishing the Stop Squatters Act | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 529) | 04/11/2025 | Absent |
| HB2451 | To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses | Passed Senate (Roll No. 515) | 04/11/2025 | Nay |
| HB2511 | Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places | Passed Senate (Roll No. 475) | 04/11/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Agriculture and Rural Development Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Children and Families Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Economic Development Committee | 13 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Finance Committee | 16 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Fusion Center Oversight Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Government and Finance Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Government Organization Committee | 12 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Health and Human Resources Accountability Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Pensions and Retirement Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Rule-Making Review Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Technology and Infrastructure Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Joint Veterans' Affairs Select Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Agriculture Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Confirmations Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Economic Development Committee | 14 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Enrolled Bills Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Finance Committee | 16 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Government Organization Committee | 14 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Military Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Pensions Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Rules Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Select Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | West Virginia Senate Workforce Committee | 11 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | West Virginia Senate District 05 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/14/2015 |