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---
type: "Bill"
title: "To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state."
description: "To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3209"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3209 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Statler"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2853f99b-30ba-463f-9852-6715b5b09d4e"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3209&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ace5822857420f2b38f1bed73f94648d23d938d358104ac52df32451cb21eadf"
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 3209 (2025) — To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state.
## 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=hb3209%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3209)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3209%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3209)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3209%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3209)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3209%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3209)
5. **hb3209 hfa ellington 3-25 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3209%20hfa%20ellington%203-25%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb3209 hfat ellington 3-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3209%20hfat%20ellington%203-26%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb3209 sfat grady _1 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3209%20sfat%20grady%20_1%204-11%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2025 — **970** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **971** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2025 — **960** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Statler — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-06** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-26** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2025-03-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-03-28** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 284) `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-31** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 285)
- **2025-03-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-01** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 491) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-04-11** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 492)
- **2025-04-11** 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. 608)
- **2025-04-12** Effective July 1, 2025 (Roll No. 609)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** Chapter 102, 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/2853f99b-30ba-463f-9852-6715b5b09d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).