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Senator Helton sponsored 104 bills:

Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
SB 8	Providing additional sites and devices for newborn safe surrender	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 17, 2025)
SB 17	Fetal Heartbeat Act	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/12/25
SB 41	Approving overtime pay for teachers	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/12/25
SB 69	Requiring parental notification of minors being prescribed contraceptives	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/12/25
SB 72	Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensaries of contraceptives to minors	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/12/25
SB 77	Providing all coal severance tax be provided to county that produced coal	Pending	Senate Energy, Industry and Mining	Committee	02/12/25
SB 85	Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients	Pending	House HHR	Committee	04/02/25
SB 89	Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/08/25
SB 90	Providing greater access to unused buildings for public charter schools	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/12/25
SB 94	Requiring course in public schools on human development	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/12/25
SB 97	WV Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/12/25
SB 105	Updating retirement eligibility for certain sheriffs	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/26/25
SB 134	Prohibiting camping in public places	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/12/25
SB 136	Increasing penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/25
SB 154	Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025)
SB 172	Permitting retired teachers to substitute up to 180 days without penalty of losing retirement	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	02/12/25
SB 204	Relating to opioid treatment programs	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	03/07/25
SB 255	Allowing students to participate in non-school competitive activities	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/12/25
SB 260	Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/12/25
SB 261	Reorganizing School Building Authority as School Maintenance Authority	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/12/25
SB 264	Allowing death penalty for intentionally killing law-enforcement officer or first responder in line of duty	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/07/25
SB 424	Restoring Sanity Act	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/13/25
SB 432	Requiring county boards of education adopt policies limiting use of personal cell phones and other electronic communication devices	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/13/25
SB 434	Requiring WV Board of Education to implement wearable panic alert system in public schools	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/26/25
SB 440	Requiring each judicial candidate to file as partisan candidate	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/13/25
SB 444	Establishing 3-year mandatory prison sentence for person convicted of illegal possession of Schedule I and Schedule II drugs	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/13/25
SB 445	Permitting state legislators to carry concealed handguns while on Capitol grounds	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/13/25
SB 447	Creating Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/13/25
SB 459	Requiring county planning commission members be state residents	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 6, 2025)
SB 464	Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 8, 2025)
SB 470	Creating WV Athletic Freedom Act	Pending	House EDU	Committee	04/04/25
SB 481	Allowing off-duty law-enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and public school events	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/14/25
SB 503	Allowing sheriffs to appoint more than one chief deputy with consent of county commission	Pending		RECD	04/12/25
SB 504	Prohibiting camping in public places	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/14/25
SB 506	Relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers	Pending	Senate Rules	Committee	03/31/25
SB 507	Prohibiting drag shows from being performed in front of minors	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/17/25
SB 515	Relating to involuntary hospitalization for substance use disorder	Pending	Senate SUD	Committee	02/18/25
SB 531	Relating to offenses of assault and battery on athletic officials	Vetoed	Vetoed
SB 534	Clarifying qualifications to be licensed to administer polygraphs	Pending	House GOV	Committee	03/04/25
SB 535	Raleigh County Economic Opportunity Development District	Pending	Senate Economic Development	Committee	02/19/25
SB 536	Relating to county economic opportunity development districts	Pending	Senate Economic Development	Committee	02/19/25
SB 537	Establishing WV Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 8, 2025)
SB 538	Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction	Signed		Governor	04/12/25
SB 539	Removing certain entities from list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display of obscene matter to minor	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/25
SB 540	Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/25
SB 541	Sentencing guidelines for fentanyl	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/25
SB 547	Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/04/25
SB 564	Prohibiting voters not affiliated with major political party from voting ballot of political party in primary election	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/05/25
SB 566	Providing certified law-enforcement officers tuition-free education up to highest tuition rate for public higher education in WV	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/05/25
SB 574	Prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/24/25
SB 579	Relating to Home Rule Reform	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/26/25
SB 580	Increasing penalty for felony distribution of controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II	Pending	Senate SUD	Committee	02/24/25
SB 583	Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state	Pending	Senate Economic Development	Committee	02/24/25
SB 584	Lauren's Law increasing penalty for delivery of certain controlled substances	Pending	Senate SUD	Committee	02/24/25
SB 585	Relating to Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/09/25
SB 592	Relating generally to aboveground storage tanks	Pending		2nd Reading	04/11/25
SB 595	Creating Mountain Bike Responsibility Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/26/25
SB 614	Authorizing over-the-counter sale of Ivermectin	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/12/25
SB 617	Discouraging gang activity	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 9, 2025)
SB 627	Removing prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 8, 2025)
SB 628	Relating to non-opioid medication	Pending	Senate SUD	Committee	02/28/25
SB 629	Providing increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/28/25
SB 632	Relating to surprise billing of out-of-network ambulance services	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/01/25
SB 633	Protecting Kids from Porn Act	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/28/25
SB 659	Creating Parents' Bill of Rights	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/03/25
SB 664	Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/04/25
SB 678	Establishing Coal Based Affordable Electricity and Economic Growth Act	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/18/25
SB 707	Providing increase in salary to WV Birth-to-Three contracted therapists and employees	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/31/25
SB 717	Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers	Pending	Senate BNK	Committee	03/06/25
SB 722	Creating WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act	Vetoed	Vetoed
SB 723	Relating to clinical inpatient medical treatment centers for substance use disorder	Pending	House HHR	Committee	04/03/25
SB 726	Relating to medication-assisted treatment programs	Pending	House HHR	Committee	04/03/25
SB 739	Relating to recovery residences	Pending	House HHR	Committee	03/31/25
SB 740	Establishing Stop Squatters Act	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/12/25
SB 743	Adjusting percentage of tax retained by clerk of county commission for certain purposes	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/26/25
SB 748	Creating Safer Communities Act	Pending		3rd Reading	04/13/25
SB 749	Relating generally to public charter schools	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	03/13/25
SB 755	Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/24/25
SB 761	Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/09/25
SB 762	Creating Support for Neglected Schools Act	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	03/17/25
SB 763	Creating Public Electrical Savings Act	Pending	Senate Rules	Committee	03/28/25
SB 764	Creating Community School Parent Choice Act	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	03/17/25
SB 804	Relating to WV Secondary School Activities Commission Reform Act	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	03/19/25
SB 810	Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2025)
SB 820	Whistleblower Protection Fund Act	Pending	House GOV	Committee	03/27/25
SB 821	Requiring child protective services workers to wear body-worn cameras	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/25/25
SB 841	Prohibiting state entities from promoting or engaging in any activity related to sexual orientation or gender transitioning	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/20/25
SB 849	Providing enhanced pay for State Police	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/20/25
SB 850	Creating Protecting Shareholders Act	Pending	Senate Rules	Committee	04/01/25
SB 851	Creating Child Protection Investigations Reform Act	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/20/25
SB 853	Clarifying terms of registration for tax abandoned land auctions and sales held by auditor	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/20/25
SB 854	Creating Academic Quality in Public Education Act	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	03/20/25
SB 855	Relating to incentive program to promote beverage container recycling	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	03/20/25
SB 857	Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state	Pending	Senate Economic Development	Committee	03/20/25
SB 867	Prohibiting payment to residential substance use disorder treatment facilities that do not meet certain requirements	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	03/21/25
SB 891	Creating State Central Legal Advertising website	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/24/25
SB 902	Securing WV baseload coal generation and ratepayer protection	Pending	Senate Energy, Industry and Mining	Committee	03/24/25
SB 929	Restoring Private Schools Act of 2025	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	03/24/25
SB 933	Creating Small Business Protection Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/03/25
SB 939	Relating to testing for substance use disorder	Pending		Concurrence	04/11/25
SB 940	Relating to Water Pollution Control Act	PASS			04/11/25
SB 941	Clarifying authority regarding dams designed by US Conservation Service	Signed	Effective from passage - (April 12, 2025)
SB 942	Modifying requirements for diesel-powered equipment in mines	Signed	Effective from passage - (April 12, 2025)
SB 944	Creating WV Child First Advisory Committee	Pending	House Finance	Committee	04/09/25

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