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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2855: To define a statewide common definition of first-generation status for college admission

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 2855 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: To define a statewide common definition of first-generation status for college admission. Primary sponsor: Joe Statler (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2025): To House 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 House Education
  2. Markup Discussion
  3. To House Higher Education
  4. To House Education
  5. Introduced in House
  6. To Education
  7. Filed for introduction

Sources

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