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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2143: Require elementary school teachers to be certified in the science of reading

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2143 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Require elementary school teachers to be certified in the science of reading. Primary sponsor: Joe Statler (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 18, 2025): To Education.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe StatlerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse77
Joe EllingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Chris ToneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. To Education
  2. To Education
  3. Introduced in Senate
  4. Communicated to Senate
  5. Passed House (Roll No. 95)
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  8. Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/17/2025
  9. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  10. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  11. Amendment reported by the Clerk
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source