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WEST virginia legislature
2023 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2874
By Delegates Kelly, Hott, Honaker, Shamblin, Westfall, Jeffries, Phillips, Reynolds, and Sheedy
[By the Request of the Department of Homeland Security]
[Introduced January 20, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Government Organization]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-9F-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
relating to adding State Fire Marshals to the statute to be included with law enforcement along with local law enforcement and first responders that receive information related to school safety requirements.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
In addition to any other requirement contained in this article or the Crisis Response Plan required by §18-9F-9 of this code, each county board of education shall implement a school safety program before September 1, 2019, that at a minimum, requires:
(1) Room numbers to be placed on exterior walls or windows of school buildings, so rooms with exterior walls can be identified by law enforcement, and first responders, and State Fire Marshals from the outside;
(2) Providing updated floor plans of the school to first responders, and local law enforcement, and the State Fire Marshal by September 1 of each school year;
(3) First aid training for all school personnel and students each school year; and
(4) Active shooter training for all school personnel and students at the beginning of each school year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to include State Fire Marshals in the code section with local law enforcement and first responders that receive information related to school safety requirements. This bill was recommended for passage during the 2023 regular session by the Department of Homeland Security.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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