Bill Status - 2022 Regular Session
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There are 60 bill(s) regarding Education (Higher)
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 87 | Creating Campus Self Defense Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 184 | Implementing Business PROMISE+ Scholarship | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 194 | Establishing Promise for All Scholarship Program | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 198 | Creating Stay in State tax credit | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 201 | Providing tax credit to new graduates of in-state or out-of-state higher educational institution, community or technical college, or trade school | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 208 | Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 216 | Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/01/22 |
| SB 222 | Relating generally to in-field master’s degree | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 228 | Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022) | ||
| SB 477 | Requiring Higher Education Policy Commission to create and administer PROMISE Plus Program | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/24/22 |
| SB 498 | Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022 | Pending | Concurrence | 03/12/22 | |
| SB 546 | Expanding uses of fees paid by students at higher education institutions | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2022) | ||
| SB 550 | Relating to funding for higher education institutions | Pending | 2nd Reading | 03/12/22 | |
| SB 593 | Allowing Marshall University's Forensic Analysis Laboratory access and participation in WV DNA database for certain purposes | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 8, 2022) | ||
| SB 653 | Relating to public higher education governance | Pending | Concurrence | 03/12/22 | |
| SB 654 | Creating exceptions to WV Invests Grant eligibility requirement | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/23/22 |
| SB 672 | Exempting certain military veterans and their dependents from payment of tuition and fees | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/23/22 |
| SB 691 | Establishing Student Basic Needs Campus Initiative | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/21/22 |
| SB 701 | Including children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers in eligibility for War Orphan Education Program | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/01/22 |
| HB 2033 | Establishing matrix necessary for an institution of higher education to become exempt from the Higher Education Policy Commission | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2061 | Katherine Johnson College Award Program | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2084 | Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/10/22 |
| HB 2110 | Relating to senior citizens attending college classes at state institutions without receiving college credit | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2140 | Redirecting excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from West Virginia University schools to the Public Employees Insurance Agency | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2233 | Coordinating a plan to provide the first two years of post-secondary education for free | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2279 | Establishing a higher education scholarship program for foster children | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2315 | Relating to PROMISE Scholarship Program requirements | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2484 | Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2586 | Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2657 | Relating to the Antihazing Law | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2771 | Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2923 | Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions | Pending | House Technology and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2978 | Gun carry allowed on college campuses | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3019 | Creating the Campus Free Expression Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3022 | The Campus Self Defense Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3225 | Hunger-Free Campus Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4072 | Increase amount of Promise Scholarship to present day costs | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/13/22 |
| HB 4080 | To create an apprenticeship program for students and local companies in West Virginia to increase hiring and retention | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/10/22 |
| HB 4264 | Change designation of Glenville State College to “Glenville State University” | Signed | Effective from passage - (February 22, 2022) | ||
| HB 4289 | Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/27/22 |
| HB 4291 | Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2022) | ||
| HB 4355 | Relating to the disclosure by state institutions of higher education of certain information regarding textbooks and digital courseware and certain charges assessed for those items | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
| HB 4357 | Expanding the Learn And Earn Program to baccalaureate institutions | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/10/22 |
| HB 4360 | Relating to WV Invests Grant Program community service requirements | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| HB 4414 | Prohibit requiring Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot to attend in person classes at colleges and universities | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/26/22 |
| HB 4415 | Establishing the Katherine Johnson Academy | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/22 |
| HB 4425 | Authorize a law school program at Marshall University | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/31/22 |
| HB 4456 | Mountaineer Games Sports League | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/31/22 |
| HB 4551 | To create the West Virginia Warranty of Workers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/10/22 |
| HB 4565 | To exempt temporary employees and employees of the Higher Education Policy Commission from automatic enrollment into the state’s 457 (b) plan | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022) | ||
| HB 4604 | Relating to abolishing the Workforce Development Initiative Program Advisory Council | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2022) | ||
| HB 4639 | Creation of a Higher Education Prison Task Force | Pending | House J&P | Committee | 02/11/22 |
| HB 4666 | Expanding the definition of criminal justice agency to include the Forensic Analysis Laboratory at Marshall University | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/14/22 |
| HB 4678 | To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4705 | To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4723 | Relating to public higher education governance | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4750 | Relating to the creation and administration of a scholarship program for college students who remain in-state after graduation | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4786 | The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4818 | Legal apprenticeships as alternatives to Law School to help those who cannot afford law school or have a disability | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4821 | Increase access to and amount covered of the promise scholarship to ensure full ride regardless of tuition costs, double majors, or courses of interest | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/15/22 |