republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/hb-2129.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Parents Bill of Rights."
description: "Creating the Parents Bill of Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2129"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2129 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f95383ea-8a0f-423b-b94b-b39f1d230d33"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2129&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2eef2a9d653174fd622b22f1d7eee9c61d1228cc1d9377095defe565d02b5de0"
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 2129 (2025) — Creating the Parents Bill of Rights.

## 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=hb2129%20sub.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2129)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2129%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2129)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2129%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2129)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2129%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2129)
5. **hb2129 hfa butler 3-6 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2129%20hfa%20butler%203-6%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb2129 hfat akers 3-6 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2129%20hfat%20akers%203-6%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb2129 hfat akers 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2129%20hfat%20akers%203-6%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb2129 s jud am _1 3-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2129%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-17%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **87–9** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **89–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)
- Dillon — cosponsor (person)
- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Kump — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-03** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-05** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-03-06** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 39) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-03-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2025-03-20** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/20/2025, amend pending
- **2025-03-21** Having been read 2nd time on 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-21** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-24** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 163) `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-03** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-03** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 368)
- **2025-04-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-03** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-04** House Message received
- **2025-04-07** To Governor 4/7/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07** To Governor 4/7/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** To Governor 4/7/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/12/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/12/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 50, 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/f95383ea-8a0f-423b-b94b-b39f1d230d33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).