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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2782: Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools

In committee 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 2782 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools. Primary sponsor: Rick Hillenbrand (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 27, 2025): To House Higher 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 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rick HillenbrandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Eric BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Adam BurkhammerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Geno ChiarelliCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Wayne ClarkCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Joe EllingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
KumpCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
PhillipsCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Chuck SheedyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7

“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 House Higher Education
  2. To House Education
  3. Introduced in House
  4. To Education then Judiciary
  5. Filed for introduction

Sources

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