Legislative Tracking

WVU Faculty Senate Legislative Bill Tracking

Eloise Elliott, WVU Faculty Senate Representative to State Government, and the Faculty Senate Leadership Team maintain ongoing communication with the WVU Government Relations team in Charleston to stay informed on legislative developments affecting WVU faculty. Regular updates are provided below, and additional weekly updates can be found in Under the Dome . For questions or concerns, please contact Eloise Elliott, Faculty Senate Chair Diana Davis, or Travis Mollohan, Associate Vice President for Government Relations.

Faculty are encouraged to verify all details on the  West Virginia Legislature website

Updated 3/6/25 Senate Bill Tracking
Bill #	Short Title	Sponsors	Bill Link	1st Committee	Steps
SB 424	Restoring Sanity Act	Rucker (L), Helton, Barlett, Fuller, Rose	SB 424	2/13 Introduced and sent to Education
WVU FS notes: 3/6: still no movement on this bill. 3/3: No movement on this bill at this time.
SB 460	Related to  vaccination requirements	Smith (P), (L), Woelfel,	SB 460	2/13 Introduced and sent to Health and Human Resources	2/21 Passed Senate; 2/24 Introduced in House sent to HHR
WVU FS notes: 3/6: WVU Medicine representatives along with other state hospital associations have made numerous presentations to legislators and committees against the passage of this bill. It still remains in the House HHR committee.
SB 474	Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs	Smith (P), (L), Woelfel,	SB 474	2/14 Introduced and sent to Judiciary
WVU FS notes: 3/6: The bill passed the Judiciary Committee today and sent to Finance.  3/3: Today’s WVU Under the Dome (https://governmentrelations.wvu.edu/under-the-dome/2025/03/03/march-3-2025-edition) outlines the exceptions that have been added to this bill that would protect us from many of our concerns as an institution of higher education. We will continue to monitor to ensure all exceptions are kept in the bill.
House Bill Tracking
Bill #	Short Title	Sponsors	Bill Link	1st Committee	Steps
HB 2166	Behavioral health workforce ed initiative	Ellington (L), Statler, Toney, Willis, Pritt	HB 2166	2/12 Introduced and sent to Education	2/17 House sub HE; 2/28 Passed HE (sub) and sent back to House Ed;
					3/6 passed House Education and sent to House Finance
WVU FS notes: 3/6: The bill is still in its original form.
HB 2396	Distribution and display of obscene matter to minors	Hillenbrand (L), Ridenour, Funkhouser, Horst, White, Chiarelli, Pritt, Howell, Coop-Gonzalez, Mazzocchi, Kimble	HB 2396	2/14 Introduced and sent to Education
WVU FS notes: 3/6: Bill is still in Education with no movement  3/3: No movement on this bill at this time.
HB 2737	To establish the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant		HB 27347
WVU FS notes: 3/5: 6 WVU students from SGA talked to legislators and were told it would be on House Higher Education (sub) next week.  3/3: This student-led bill that will provide WV institutions of HE an opportunity to receive grants to address student food insecurities and student health and hygiene inadequacies.
HB 2965	PEIA – redirects employment payments to a HSA	Ellington (L), Willis, Statler, Jennings, Clark, Smith, Crouse, White, Clark, Pritt, Hornby	HB 2965	2/25 Introduced and sent to Finance	3/3 Sent to House Banking and Insurance (sub) committee
WVU FS notes: 3/6: Still in House Banking and Insurance subcommittee.
HB 2968	Privatizes PEIA	Ellington (L), Hornby, Clark, Smith, Crouse, White, Clark, Coop-Gonzalez, Miller	HB 2968	2/25 Introduced and sent to Finance	3/3 Sent to House Banking and Insurance (sub) committee
WVU FS notes: 3/6: Still in House Banking and Insurance subcommittee.