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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses"
description: "To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3125"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3125 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnhart"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e0862c-0761-4d77-bd2f-b088d3ef587e"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3125&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "71297d402ff2378a1b580d5467dafbeab4e4c1dc4234f3aa589d8a6d9fd03e8c"
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 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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3125%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3125)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3125%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3125)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3125%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3125)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3125%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3125)
5. **hb3125 sfa grady _1 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3125%20sfa%20grady%20_1%204-11%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb3125 sfat grady _2 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3125%20sfat%20grady%20_2%204-11%20adopted.htm)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2e0862c-0761-4d77-bd2f-b088d3ef587e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).