West Virginia 2021 Regular Session Status: To Executive 3 R cosponsors

SB 11 — Declaring work stoppage or strike by public employees to be unlawful

Last action — Chapter 207, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” 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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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

24 added · 5 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to SB 11 introduces provisions that declare public employee strikes or work stoppages as unlawful. It details the consequences for employees who participate, including potential termination and withholding of pay. Additionally, it restricts school boards from using alternate methods to make up for lost instructional days due to strikes, emphasizing that compliance with educational requirements cannot be waived in such cases. This change is significant as it aims to deter public employee strikes by imposing stricter penalties and restrictions, which could impact labor relations in the education sector.

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SB11 HFA Ellington 2-25   Mohr 3335   Delegate Ellington moves to amend the bill on page three, section forty-five-a, line fifty-one, following the word “Notwithstanding”, by striking out the reference to §18-5-2, and inserting in lieu thereof “§18A-5-2”.
SB11 SFAT #1 RUCKER 3-2 Hager  7871   Senator Rucker moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
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for Senate Bill 11— A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-45a, relating to declaring any work stoppage or strike by public employees to be unlawful;
providing legislative findings;
defining when a county board of education employee is considered to be participating in a concerted work stoppage or strike;
prohibiting use of accrued and equivalent instructional time and delivery of instruction through alternative methods to cancel days lost due to a concerted work stoppage or strike;
prohibiting a waiver by the state board for a county board of education’s noncompliance with the employment and instructional term requirements if the noncompliance is the result of a concerted work stoppage or strike;
declaring participation in a concerted work stoppage or strike to be grounds for termination;
requiring, if the employee remains employed, county boards of education to withhold the prorated salary or hourly pay of each employee participating in the concerted work stoppage or strike for each day the employee participates;
and requiring the sums to be forfeited to the county board of education.
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How this bill changes current law

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Compared against the W. Va. Code as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

The bill changes the reference from W. Va. Code § 18-5-2 to § 18A-5-2.

  • §18-5-2 → §18A-5-2

    The reference to the statute addressing filling vacancies is replaced with the statute concerning school holidays and closing of schools.

Action History

  1. Chapter 207, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

  2. Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal

  3. Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal

  4. Became law 3/16/21

  5. To Governor 3/10/21 - House Journal

  6. To Governor 3/10/21

  7. House Message received

  8. Completed legislative action

  9. Communicated to Senate

  10. Passed House (Roll No. 79)

  11. House concurred in Senate title amendment

  12. House received Senate message

  13. Senate requests House to concur

  14. Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 67)

  15. House Message received

  16. Communicated to Senate

  17. Passed House (Roll No. 65)

  18. Read 3rd time

  19. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  20. Placed on Special Calender

  21. On 3rd reading, House Calendar

  22. Placed on House Calendar

  23. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  24. Amendment adopted (Roll No. 55)

  25. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  26. Read 2nd time

  27. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  28. Read 1st time

  29. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  30. Reference dispensed

  31. Immediate consideration

  32. Introduced in House

  33. Ordered to House

  34. Passed Senate (Roll No. 18)

  35. Read 3rd time

  36. On 3rd reading

  37. Read 2nd time

  38. On 2nd reading

  39. Read 1st time

  40. On 1st reading

  41. Committee substitute reported

  42. To Education

  43. Introduced in Senate

  44. To Education

  45. Filed for introduction

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 11?
SB 11 is sponsored by Patricia Rucker (Republican), Rollan A. Roberts (Republican), Tom Takubo (Republican), Maroney, and Swope.
What is the current status of SB 11?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” 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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