---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage"
description: "Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "West Virginia SB 282 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99d6b0c5-577f-4724-a379-2d5f4fa45c2f"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=282&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cf76d245f6325de809ace778f3f929ff0b7c2e8caf759207a28f40b15e2234f1"
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 SB 282 (2025) — Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage

## 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=sb282%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=282)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb282%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=282)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb282%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=282)
4. **sb282 h ed am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb282%20h%20ed%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb282 hfat ellington 3-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb282%20hfat%20ellington%203-27%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Committee substitute reported
- **2025-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2025-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2025-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2025-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 24) `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 25)
- **2025-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2025-02-25** House received Senate message
- **2025-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-25** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-27** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-03-31** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Passed House (Roll No. 304) `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 305)
- **2025-04-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-04** House Message received
- **2025-04-04** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 305)
- **2025-04-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 306)
- **2025-04-04** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-04** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-07** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-08** To Governor 4/8/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-10** To Governor 4/8/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 212, 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/99d6b0c5-577f-4724-a379-2d5f4fa45c2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).