---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools"
description: "Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "West Virginia SB 449 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e83c022a-4514-4dc0-9795-075ef8b53bda"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=449&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "aba6b7246e1c1a5a0d41a3aa03054e533c1d10371ff5f7af9402d873b92f158c"
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 449 (2025) — Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools

## 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=sb449%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=449)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb449%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=449)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb449%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=449)
4. **sb449 h edu am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb449%20h%20edu%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb449 sfat martin _1 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb449%20sfat%20martin%20_1%204-11%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-13** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-13** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 120) `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-18** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Markup Discussion
- **2025-04-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-09** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed House (Roll No. 462) `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-11** House Message received
- **2025-04-11** Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 498)
- **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-11** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 559)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-11** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 85, 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/e83c022a-4514-4dc0-9795-075ef8b53bda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).