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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 443: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing

Enacted 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 443 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizing Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Examiners to conduct criminal background checks for licensing. Primary sponsor: Eric Tarr (Republican). Most recent recorded action (August 8, 2025): Chapter 125, Acts, Regular Session, 2025.

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
Eric TarrPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4

“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. Chapter 125, Acts, Regular Session, 2025
  2. To Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal
  3. Approved by Governor 3/24/2025
  4. Approved by Governor 3/25/2025 - House Journal
  5. To Governor 3/18/2025 - Senate Journal
  6. To Governor 3/18/2025
  7. House Message received
  8. Completed legislative action
  9. Effective from passage (Roll No. 78)
  10. Passed House (Roll No. 77)
  11. Read 3rd time
  12. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 36 actions. Full history

Sources

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