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+type: "Bill"
+title: "To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel."
+description: "To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 2164"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2164 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Statler"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-07-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/889b08d7-4314-49ad-a1c4-2bef5108b87e"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2164&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "e0abc89e58b14cc572f7db98338c0f150d9f89c1ae3ce034e401b11adaafbc06"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 2164 (2025) — To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2164%20sub.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2164)
+2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2164%20sub2.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2164)
+3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2164%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2164)
+4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2164%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2164)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2164%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2164)
+6. **hb2164 hfat akers 4-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2164%20hfat%20akers%204-12%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb2164 s fin am _1 4-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2164%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%204-2%20adopted.htm)
+8. **hb2164 s fin amt _1 4-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2164%20s%20fin%20amt%20_1%204-2%20adopted.htm)
+9. **hb2164 sfa grady _1 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2164%20sfa%20grady%20_1%204-8%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Statler — primary (person)
+- Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
+- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-12** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary
+- **2025-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-05** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-03-10** By substitute, do pass
+- **2025-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 82) `passage`
+- **2025-03-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-03-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-03-18** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-18** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Immediate consideration
+- **2025-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2025-04-08** Laid over on 2nd reading 4/8/2025, com. amends. pending
+- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09** Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2025-04-09** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-09** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-10** On 3rd reading
+- **2025-04-10** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/10/2025
+- **2025-04-11** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
+- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 514) `passage`
+- **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
+- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 563)
+- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-04-12** House Message received
+- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 585)
+- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
+- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-29** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/29/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-30** Chapter 94, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/889b08d7-4314-49ad-a1c4-2bef5108b87e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+