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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 972: Relating to education placements during child abuse and neglect investigations

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 972 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 17, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to education placements during child abuse and neglect investigations. Primary sponsor: Amy Grady (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 2, 2026): Motion to table previous motion adopted (Roll No. 270).

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Amy GradyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Charles ClementsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
GarciaCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
HamiltonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
JeffriesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robbie MorrisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Ben QueenCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Tom TakuboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Eric TarrCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Ryan WeldCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Jack WoodrumCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10

“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. Motion to table previous motion adopted (Roll No. 270)
  2. Motion to withdraw bill from committee
  3. To Health and Human Resources
  4. Introduced in Senate
  5. To Health and Human Resources
  6. Filed for introduction

Sources

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