West Virginia 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 6 R cosponsors

SB 37 — Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation

Last action — To House Finance

  1. ✓
    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 “Passed Senate” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

19 added · 16 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of SB 37 specifies that classroom teachers can sell up to 10 unused personal leave days back to their county board for a salary enhancement, rather than a cash bonus as mentioned before. Additionally, it clarifies that once these leave days are sold, they are forfeited and can no longer be used by the teacher. This change is important as it emphasizes the incentive for teachers to maintain attendance while ensuring that the leave days are no longer available after redemption, which could encourage more consistent classroom presence.

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CS for SB 37 WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 37 By Senators Oliverio, Grady, and Phillips [Reported February 20, 2025, from the Committee on Education] CS for SB 37 A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-10a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing classroom teachers who first became a member of the Teachers Retirement System on or after July 1, 2015, the opportunity to sell up to 10 of his or her unused days of personal leave back to the county board in exchange for monetary compensation paid on or before June 30.
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 37 BYSENATORSOLIVER, RAD,ANDPHILLIPS [Reported March 14, 2025, from the Committee on Finance] CS for CS for SB 37 A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-10a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing classroom teachers who first became a member of the Teachers Retirement System on or after July 1, 2015, the opportunity to sell up to 10 of his or her unused days of personal leave back to the county board in exchange for monetary compensation paid on or before June 30;
and providing that once the days are forfeited they are no longer available to the classroom teacher.
on or after July 1, 2015, may sell up to 10 of his or her unused days of personal leave back to the county board at the end of the school year in exchange for a cash bonus equal to 80%, per day, of the pay rate used by the county board to compensate substitute teachers having a Bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience and substitute teaching for a single day pursuant to §18A-4-7 of this code.
of this code on or after July 1, 2015, may sell up to 10 of his or her unused days of personal leave back to the county board at the end of the school year in exchange for a cash on-time salary enhancement equal to 80 percent, per day, of the pay rate used by the county board to compensate substitute teachers having a bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience and substitute teaching for a single day pursuant to §18A-4-7 of this code.
The cash bonus shall be paid on or before June 30.
The one-time salary enhancement shall be paid on or before June 30:
Provided, That any classroom teacher who sells his or her unused days of personal leave forfeits those days, and the days shall no longer be available to the classroom teacher for any purpose.
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Action History

  1. To House Finance

  2. To Finance

  3. Introduced in House

  4. House received Senate message

  5. Ordered to House

  6. Passed Senate (Roll No. 131)

  7. Read 3rd time

  8. On 3rd reading

  9. Read 2nd time

  10. On 2nd reading

  11. Read 1st time

  12. On 1st reading

  13. Committee substitute for committee substitute reported

  14. To Finance

  15. Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance

  16. To Education

  17. Introduced in Senate

  18. To Education then Finance

  19. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (144)

144 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passage

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 28001
Unaffiliated 3000
Democrat 2000
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
STUART — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
Joey Garcia Democrat Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Amy Grady Republican Yea
Anne B. Charnock Republican Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Bill Hamilton Republican Yea
Brian Helton Republican Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Craig A. Hart Republican Yea
Darren Thorne Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Glenn Jeffries Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jay Taylor Republican Yea
Laura Wakim Chapman Republican Yea
Mark R. Maynard Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Mike Oliverio Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Robbie Morris Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Scott Fuller Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Willis Republican Not Voting
Vince Deeds Republican Yea

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Subjects

labor education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 37?
SB 37 is sponsored by Mike Oliverio (Republican), Amy Grady (Republican), Phillips, Vince Deeds (Republican), Willis, Jason Barrett (Republican), Ben Queen (Republican), and Bill Hamilton (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 37?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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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