---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a School Safety Unit within the Division of Protective Services"
description: "Creating a School Safety Unit within the Division of Protective Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3369"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3369 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e64bc952-fb0b-4e3e-9d03-34d41b31e2c4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3369&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "216934e770cd820030e6cd6b49897a3d40b1e80b1a254436afcdf256fdb0ba19"
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 3369 (2023) — Creating a School Safety Unit within the Division of Protective Services

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3369%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3369)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3369%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3369)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3369%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3369)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 349) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 470) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/21/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor 3/21/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/21/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 288, 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/e64bc952-fb0b-4e3e-9d03-34d41b31e2c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).