republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/hb-3125.md

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Bill	To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses	To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2025	HB 3125	West Virginia HB 3125 (2025)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Barnhart	6	50	5	2025-03-04	2025-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/a2e0862c-0761-4d77-bd2f-b088d3ef587e	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3125&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	71297d402ff2378a1b580d5467dafbeab4e4c1dc4234f3aa589d8a6d9fd03e8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 3125 (2025) — To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. hb3125 sfa grady _1 4-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb3125 sfat grady _2 4-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barnhart — primary (person)
• Ellington — cosponsor (person)
• Hornby — cosponsor (person)
• Pritt — cosponsor (person)
• Statler — cosponsor (person)
• Stephens — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-04 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-03-04 To Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 Introduced in House introduction
• 2025-03-04 To House Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-07 To House Public Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 Markup Discussion
• 2025-03-11 To House Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 Markup Discussion
• 2025-03-18 By substitute, do pass
• 2025-03-19 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-19 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-03-20 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-03-21 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-03-21 Passed House (Roll No. 141) passage
• 2025-03-21 Effective from passage (Roll No. 142)
• 2025-03-21 Communicated to Senate
• 2025-03-24 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2025-03-24 To Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 To Education referral-committee
• 2025-04-07 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2025-04-07 Immediate consideration
• 2025-04-07 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-04-08 On 2nd reading
• 2025-04-08 Laid over on 2nd reading 4/8/2025
• 2025-04-09 Laid over on 2nd reading 4/9/2025
• 2025-04-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-11 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2025-04-11 Deferred until foot of 2nd reading
• 2025-04-11 Laid over on 3rd reading 4/11/2025 with right to amend
• 2025-04-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-12 Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
• 2025-04-12 Passed Senate (Roll No. 589) passage
• 2025-04-12 Title amendment adopted
• 2025-04-12 Effective from passage (Roll No. 590)
• 2025-04-12 Senate requests House to concur
• 2025-04-12 House received Senate message
• 2025-04-12 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 631)
• 2025-04-12 Effective from passage (Roll No. 632)
• 2025-04-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2025-04-12 Completed legislative action
• 2025-04-12 House Message received
• 2025-04-22 To Governor 4/22/2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2025-04-25 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 executive-signature
• 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2025-07-31 Chapter 216, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2e0862c-0761-4d77-bd2f-b088d3ef587e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).