---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring State Board of Education provide routine education in suicide prevention"
description: "Requiring State Board of Education provide routine education in suicide prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "West Virginia SB 230 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d90834e-6a2f-490a-a42b-28bc11066e10"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=230&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e9ca53b3711bad7cb9f02454c25fcbe6e8f3d533c58d26664611ad2842adb358"
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 230 (2020) — Requiring State Board of Education provide routine education in suicide prevention

## 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=SB230%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=230)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB230%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=230)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB230%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=230)
4. **SB230 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB230 H ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB230 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB230 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-3 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-09** To Children and Families then Education
- **2020-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** To Children and Families
- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute reported, but first to Education
- **2020-01-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 124) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 124)
- **2020-02-12** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-13** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-03-04** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 557) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 558)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 581)
- **2020-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 581)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 108, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d90834e-6a2f-490a-a42b-28bc11066e10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).