Legislation

Your voice matters and helps AFT-WV at the Capitol. 

Contact your elected officials on the issues that matter to you! 

House of Delegates:

bill.ridenour@wvhouse.gov; wayne.clark@wvhouse.gov; joe.funkhouser@wvhouse.gov; chris.anders@wvhouse.gov; lisa.white@wvhouse.gov; charles.horst@wvhouse.gov; larry.kump@wvhouse.gov; michael.hornby@wvhouse.gov; michael.hite@wvhouse.gov; ian.masters@wvhouse.gov; george.miller@wvhouse.gov; rick.hillenbrand@wvhouse.gov; gary.howell@wvhouse.gov; bryan.ward@wvhouse.gov; johnpaul.hott@wvhouse.gov; buck.jennings@wvhouse.gov; george.street@wvhouse.gov; david.mccormick

**Updated 3-23-25

SB 460 will be on third reading (passage stage) tomorrow. The bill was amended on Friday to allow numerous exemptions to vaccines including religious exemptions, as well as other amendments that are detrimental to public health, particularly in school or daycare settings. Please email the House of Delegates before tomorrow's vote and oppose SB 460. 

bill.ridenour@wvhouse.gov; wayne.clark@wvhouse.gov; joe.funkhouser@wvhouse.gov; chris.anders@wvhouse.gov; lisa.white@wvhouse.gov; charles.horst@wvhouse.gov; larry.kump@wvhouse.gov; michael.hornby@wvhouse.gov; michael.hite@wvhouse

The third full week of the 2025 Legislative Session is in the books. Get the latest news in AFT-WV's Legislative Update for 3-7-25. 

** UPDATE: The bill advanced from the House Education Committee on March 6th and now moves to the House Judiciary Committee for consideration. Please continue to contact the House members on this bill! 

On Monday, March 3rd, HB 2187 was on the House Education Committee agenda for discussion and questions. HB 2187 would permit teachers and school employees in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms (as well as tasers and/or pepper spray) as a designated school protection officer. 

Any school employee seeking to carry a concealed firearm or other authorized protection device as

Action Needed Now (3-4-25) on SB 154! 

Contact the Senate and OPPOSE this bill for these reasons:

• This bill would affect school employee rights regarding disciplinary action and grievance rights in relation to gender-related complaints. 

• We have concerns that this bill could also morph into an all-out attack on the full grievance procedure.

  
  

Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute for SB 154 provides that teachers are:

• prohibited from providing instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity.
• prohibited from knowingly giving false or misleading information to the parent or

Bills are starting to trickle through the committees as the second full week of the 2025 WV legislative session concludes. 

Read the latest news in AFT-WV's Legislative Update for 2-28-25.  

The first full week of the 2025 WV Legislative Session has concluded. 

Get the latest details in this week's AFT-WV Legislative Update: 2-21-25. 

Member Alert- Special Legislative  Session

UPDATE- October 8, 2024

Your collective voices have been heard- SB2009 passed and is completed legislation. This $87 million dollar allocation combated a mid-year increase of premiums of up to 30%. This would have been in addition to the planned increases already incurred by our members. Thank you for your action and attention to this important legislation! Please reach out to lawmakers to thank them for supporting this allocation to PEIA and making sure there were no mid-year increases to our insurance!  The SBA bill is scheduled for action today so

The 2024 legislative session has concluded, with a flurry of last-minute activity on the final night of the session sealing the fate of several bills. 

Get the details on which bills passed- and which bills failed to cross the finish line- in 

Wednesday was Crossover Day, when bills must be read from their house of origin a third time. Essentially, this day whittles down the number of active bills and the legislative pace will quicken to move bills through the committee process of the receiving chamber. Thanks to your calls and emails, we had a nice victory in House Education Friday morning when SB 189 failed on a voice vote to advance from the committee. 

Read all the details in this week's