Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2164
Legislation Overview
Title: To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel.
Subject: Education (K12)
Description: The purpose of this bill is to authorize local school boards, public charter schools, and private or religious schools to employ school security officers.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
Last Action Date: March 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'.
9 sponsors: Joseph Statler (R); Joe Ellington (R); Jonathan Pinson (R); Michael Hornby (R); Elliott Pritt (R); David Cannon (R);Scot Heckert (R); Josh Holstein (R); Joe Funkhouser (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 9% (9 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 12, 2025 | On 2nd reading, Special Calendar |
| House | Mar 11, 2025 | Read 1st time |
| House | Mar 11, 2025 | On 1st reading, Special Calendar |
| House | Mar 10, 2025 | By substitute, do pass |
| House | Mar 5, 2025 | Markup Discussion |
| House | Feb 27, 2025 | To House Judiciary |
| House | Feb 27, 2025 | By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Filed for introduction |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | To House Education |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Introduced in House |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | To Education then Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | not available | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | not available | state link | bill 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
