West Virginia 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 1 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 477 — Requiring ambulance, if available, at middle school or high school football game

Last action — To Finance

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

25 added · 27 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised version of Bill SB 477 now specifies that an ambulance must be present at middle and high school football games, but importantly, it allows the game to continue if the ambulance is called away for an emergency. This change matters because it ensures that games can proceed without interruption, while still prioritizing player safety. Additionally, the bill protects schools and individuals from liability if they are following these requirements in good faith.

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Introduced Senate Bill 477 By Senator Woelfel [Introduced February 14, 2025;
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 477 By Senators Woelfel and Deeds [Reported March 14, 2025, from the Committee on Education] CS for SB 477 A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-25c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring an ambulance, if available, at any middle school or high school football game under the control, supervision, and regulation of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission;
referred to the Committee on Education;
and providing that if the ambulance is required to leave due to being called away on an emergency, the game can continue.
and then to the Committee on Finance] Intr SB 477 2025R3011 A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-25c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring an ambulance at any middle school or high school football game under the control, supervision, and regulation of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission.
(c) By the 2025-2026 school year, the commission shall require that an ambulance be present on the school or event grounds during the duration of all middle school and high school football games under the control, supervision, and regulation of the commission.
(c) By the 2025-2026 school year, the commission shall require that an ambulance, if available, be present on the school or event grounds during the duration of all middle school and high school football games under the control, supervision, and regulation of the commission:
Provided, That if the ambulance is required to leave due to being called away on an emergency, the game may continue.
(d) (e) No individual, school, county board of education, or other entity shall may be held liable for civil damages when such individual, school, county board of education, or other entity in good faith attempted to comply with the requirements of this section or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
(d) (e) No individual, school, county board of education, or other entity shall may be held liable for civil damages when such individual, school, county board of education, or other entity in good faith attempted to comply with the requirements of this section or rules promulgated pursuant 1 CS for SB 477 thereto.
NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to require an ambulance at any middle school or high Intr SB 477 2025R3011 school football game under the control, supervision, and regulation of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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Action History

  1. To Finance

  2. Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance

  3. To Education

  4. Introduced in Senate

  5. To Education then Finance

  6. Filed for introduction

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 477?
SB 477 is sponsored by Mike Woelfel (Democrat) and Vince Deeds (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 477?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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