Bill Status - 2025 Regular Session
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Delegate Ellington sponsored 71 bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2087 | Removing restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/20/25 |
| HB 2123 | Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 9, 2025) | ||
| HB 2142 | Providing that microschool tuition and fees are qualifying expenses for Hope Scholarship accounts | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2143 | Require elementary school teachers to be certified in the science of reading | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2164 | To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025) | ||
| HB 2166 | Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/06/25 |
| HB 2167 | Relating to public charter schools code provisions | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2025) | ||
| HB 2168 | Relating to limiting the personal income tax | Pending | House Revenue | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2169 | Remove variable rate on gas tax | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2187 | Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/07/25 |
| HB 2411 | To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2025) | ||
| HB 2438 | Make all state inmates regardless of sex members of the state convict road force | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2439 | Provide wardens with ability to use inmates to perform work in the upkeep local cemeteries | Pending | House Courts | Committee | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2507 | To modify the teacher retirement system so that Tier 2 teachers may use annual/sick leave towards retirement | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2508 | Permit beneficiary under the State Teachers Retirement System to convert to the maximum life annuity if the spouse dies within the first five years of the beneficiary’s retirement | Pending | House Investments | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2514 | To remove reference to one-time reports that have already been given. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/28/25 |
| HB 2515 | Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/04/25 |
| HB 2516 | To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 29, 2025) | ||
| HB 2519 | Raising salaries for school service personnel | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2521 | To provide a 5% cost of living increase for state retirees who make under $60,000 per year | Pending | House Investments | Committee | 03/03/25 |
| HB 2522 | Modifying the West Virginia State Police Retirement System | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2548 | Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 1, 2025) | ||
| HB 2576 | NIL Protection Act | Signed | Effective from passage - (April 10, 2025) | ||
| HB 2595 | Non Profit Athletics Act | Signed | Effective from passage - (April 10, 2025) | ||
| HB 2614 | To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/06/25 |
| HB 2643 | Providing guidelines for the West Virginia Parkways Authority to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments | Pending | House Environment, Infrastructure, and Technology | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2644 | Ensure State Road Construction Account funds are in addition to general highways funds provided to the DOT districts | Pending | House Energy and Public Works | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2645 | Requiring certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 04/07/25 |
| HB 2646 | To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall. | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/26/25 |
| HB 2648 | Establishing certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2649 | Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2664 | Require county school boards to have members elected per district | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/14/25 |
| HB 2668 | Requiring students in public high schools to complete a course of computer science instruction | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2669 | Allow off duty law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools and at public school events. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2674 | Allow licensed substitute and full time teachers to serve as parent volunteers without an additional background check. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2677 | To prohibit cell phone possession and usage by students during instructional time in grades K-12. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2678 | Relating to school zones of public or private schools | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025) | ||
| HB 2690 | Dental Insurance Transparency Act | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 03/03/25 |
| HB 2696 | Relating to the West Virginia Supreme Court’s power to promulgate rules allowing for the limited practice of law by nonlawyers | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2746 | Relating to Vape Shop Regulations | Pending | House Courts | Committee | 03/06/25 |
| HB 2751 | To grant Mason County and the Town of Henderson special district excise taxes. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2755 | To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review | BL | Governor | ||
| HB 2760 | To allow for the implementation of Educational Software in West Virginia public schools | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2773 | Higher Ed Rules | Signed | Effective from passage - (April 10, 2025) | ||
| HB 2781 | Relating to the meaning of residence for the Purpose of Bail | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/13/25 |
| HB 2782 | Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/27/25 |
| HB 2798 | Relating to the establishment of a trades based elective course for public high school students | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2855 | To define a statewide common definition of first-generation status for college admission | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/11/25 |
| HB 2897 | Permitting the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance and financial audits of the West Virginia Department of Education | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2025) | ||
| HB 2946 | Relating to exempting West Virginia campus police office retirement income from personal income tax after specified date | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/25/25 |
| HB 2965 | To redirect payments to PEIA to employees in the form of a Health Savings Account (“HSA”) | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 03/03/25 |
| HB 2968 | Relating to the cessation of PEIA as a public healthcare entity and permitting PEIA to operate as a private healthcare insurance company | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3024 | Guaranteed course transfer bill | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 9, 2025) | ||
| HB 3099 | Permitting law enforcement to issue a citation when students are caught with nicotine in schools. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/18/25 |
| HB 3124 | Change the Homestead Exemption | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3125 | To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses | Signed | Effective from passage - (April 12, 2025) | ||
| HB 3139 | Relating to charter schools applications | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/26/25 |
| HB 3150 | Health Science and Medical Student Loan Programs | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/29/25 |
| HB 3192 | To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 29, 2025) | ||
| HB 3209 | To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state. | Signed | Effective July 1, 2025 | ||
| HB 3295 | Troop- to-Teachers | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/19/25 |
| HB 3297 | Establishing the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 11, 2025) | ||
| HB 3383 | To create the Great Expectations Pilot Program | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/14/25 |
| HB 3387 | Relating to the creation of a regional school district pilot program | Pending | 2nd Reading | 03/27/25 | |
| HB 3412 | Relating to exemptions from disclosure of certain records; and exempting the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules. | Pending | Concurrence | 04/11/25 | |
| HB 3438 | To allow retired teachers in long-term substitute positions with specialties in maths, sciences, English, and foreign languages to remain in the substitute teaching positions for the entire school year without interruption to their retirement pay in order to allow students to have a quality, uninterrupted education. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/26/25 |
| HB 3446 | Permitting public high school students submit FAFSA prior to graduation | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 04/03/25 |
| HB 3452 | Transferring administration of Advanced Career Education (ACE) classes and programs from county boards of education to community and technical colleges. | Pending | 1st Reading | 03/27/25 | |
| HB 3506 | Relating to contributions to the retirement system for judges of courts of record. | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 04/02/25 |
| HB 3507 | Relating to requiring the counties particpating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional in each public school in that county. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/26/25 |
| HB 3508 | Relating to modifying the school aid formula to provide more support for schools under certain circumstances. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/26/25 |