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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 556: Prohibiting requirement of certain immunizations as condition of being foster parent

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 556 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibiting requirement of certain immunizations as condition of being foster parent. Primary sponsor: Eric Tarr (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 20, 2025): To Health and Human Resources.

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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric TarrPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Laura ChapmanCo-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 Health and Human Resources
  2. Introduced in Senate
  3. To Health and Human Resources
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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