---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requiring suicide prevention resources be printed on student identification cards"
description: "Relating to requiring suicide prevention resources be printed on student identification cards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3218"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3218 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)", "Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reynolds"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af61200b-077f-4c64-a1e9-49cffb49078e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3218&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8c7e8a1de830d4eceaf7ba014d8d6ae83d169e08781d8a6ec4a187c74a25e47a"
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 3218 (2023) — Relating to requiring suicide prevention resources be printed on student identification cards

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3218%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3218)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3218%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3218)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Do pass
- **2023-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 177) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-27** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 340) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-01** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** To Governor 3/7/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-15** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 142, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af61200b-077f-4c64-a1e9-49cffb49078e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).