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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 396: Creating WV Job training and Placement Act

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 396 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Creating WV Job training and Placement Act. Primary sponsor: Robbie Morris (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 28, 2026): To Finance.

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): Democratic 1 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Robbie MorrisPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Vince DeedsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
HamiltonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Zack MaynardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Ben QueenCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Mike WoelfelCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5

“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 Finance
  2. Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
  3. To Workforce
  4. Introduced in Senate
  5. To Workforce then Finance
  6. Filed for introduction

Sources

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