Legislation

The 60-day regular session of the 2025 Legislature has concluded. 

Get the details on which bills passed (and failed) in AFT-WV's Legislative Update: Final Edition. 

🚨Keep contacting the Senate! 🚨

Once again, the Senate has amended expanded vaccine exemptions into yet another bill! Senator Chapman added an amendment to HB 2402 to prevent the requirement of showing vaccine records to enroll in school. 

The Senate is in recess but will go back on the floor at 6 PM. Contact them and tell them NO on HB 2402 and HB 2776, which are last minute, back door attempts to amend vaccine exemptions into other legislation. Tell the Senate to stop wasting time on back door attempts on legislation the House has already voted against and spend time on a plan stabilizing PEIA

"Show me your bills and I'll show you your priorities." 

Education employees-- Ask Governor Morrisey why PEIA has not been prioritized by the executive branch?

Elected leaders ignoring the health insurance of thousands of WV public employees is unacceptable! 

Contact the Governor-- ask him to stop wasting time chasing culture war headlines and to stabilize the health care of over a hundred thousand hard-working West Virginia public employees. 

Click the link to contact Governor Morrisey: https://wv.accessgov.com/governor/Forms/Page/submitcomment-governor/contact-governor/0

Remind the Governor that

Get the latest news from the Capitol in AFT-WV's Legislative Update for 4-7-25. 

ACTION ALERT! 
SB 460 (vax exemption bill defeated on the House floor two weeks ago) was amended into HB 2776 in the Senate Health Committee today! 

Contact the Senate to OPPOSE HB 2776 with SB 460 amended into it! 

Email addresses:

bill.hamilton@wvsenate.gov; robbie.morris@wvsenate.gov; darren.thorne@wvsenate.gov; jason.barrett@wvsenate.gov; patricia.rucker@wvsenate.gov; tom.willis@wvsenate.gov; mike.stuart@wvsenate.gov; rupie.phillips@wvsenate.gov; ryan.weld@wvsenate.gov; laura.chapman@wvsenate.gov; amy.grady@wvsenate.gov; eric.tarr@wvsenate.gov; mike.woelfel@wvsenate.gov; scott.fuller@wvsenate

The pace has quickened at the Capitol as crossover day looms next week.

Get the latest news on what bills are moving in this week's AFT-WV Legislative Update: 3-27-25. 

Bills are starting to move through committees and onto the floor as the session moves past the halfway mark. 

Get the latest news from the Capitol in AFT-WV's Legislative Update for 3-21-25. 

HB 2087 opens up access to online curriculum, and allows the general public to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board, including books in the classroom. The bill expands access beyond parent/guardians, which is existing law. AFT-WV believes this is problematic as it creates additional administrative burdens on educators’ time and also opens the door to outside groups without children in the local schools to attack and disrupt school systems to advance a political agenda. 

Contact the House Education Committee to oppose this bill! 

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The 2025 has hit the halfway mark.  Get the latest details on what bills are moving in AFT-WV's Legislative Update for 3-13-25.