West Virginia Senate Bill 285 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 12 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-12 - To Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Creating WV Guardian Program

Sen. Mike Woelfel [D]

Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-12	Senate	To Education
2025-02-12	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2025-02-12	Senate	To Education then Finance
2025-02-12	Senate	Filed for introduction

SB209 (Similar To) 2025-02-12 - To Education
SB450 (Similar To) 2025-03-21 - To House Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	5	52	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=285&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb285%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=285