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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 179: Granting school administrators ability to hold students back for 20 or more missed days

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

SB 179 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Granting school administrators ability to hold students back for 20 or more missed days. Primary sponsor: Laura Chapman (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 12, 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 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Laura ChapmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1

“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. Introduced in Senate
  3. To Education
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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