West Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 154 — Using school facilities for funeral and memorial services for certain community members

Last action — Chapter 90, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

39 added · 43 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill SB 154 now specifies that school facilities can be used for funeral and memorial services, particularly for community members who are military veterans or first responders. It emphasizes the impact of such deaths on students and the community, while maintaining that these events should not interfere with regular school activities. This change is important because it honors the contributions of certain individuals to the community and provides a respectful space for memorializing them. Additionally, it clarifies the responsibilities of local school boards regarding any costs associated with these services.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 154 Senators Jeffries, Baldwin, Stollings, Lindsay, Plymale, Hamilton, and Boso, original sponsors [Passed March 7, 2019;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 154 Senators Jeffries, Baldwin, Stollings, Lindsay, Plymale, Hamilton, and Boso, original sponsors [Originating in the Committee on Education;
in effect 90 days from passage]     AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-13d, relating to the Specialist Nicholas Caleb Jividen Act;
Reported on February 1, 2019]     A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-13d, relating to the use of school facilities;
authorizing the use of school facilities for funerals and memorial services;
requiring county board of education to allow school facilities use for funeral and memorial services of certain community members;
requiring school facilities to be used for funeral and memorial services of certain community members;
permitting county boards of education to establish process for requesting the use of school facilities for funeral and memorial services;
permitting county boards of education to establish a process for requesting the use of school facilities for funeral and memorial services;
and prohibiting such funeral and memorial services held at school facilities from disrupting or interfering with classroom instruction, scheduled school event or activity, or governmental use.
and clarifying that such funeral and memorial services that are held at school facilities are not to disrupt or interfere with classroom instruction or other scheduled school event or activity.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 90, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  2. Approved by Governor 3/25/19

  3. To Governor 3/22/19

  4. Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal

  6. To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal

  8. House Message received

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to Senate

  11. Passed House (Roll No. 559)

  12. House concurred in Senate title amendment

  13. House received Senate message

  14. Senate requests House to concur

  15. Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 365)

  16. House Message received

  17. Communicated to Senate

  18. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  19. Passed House (Roll No. 443)

  20. Read 3rd time

  21. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  22. Read 2nd time

  23. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  24. Read 1st time

  25. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  26. Do pass

  27. To House Education

  28. To Education

  29. Introduced in House

  30. Ordered to House

  31. Passed Senate (Roll No. 81)

  32. Read 3rd time

  33. On 3rd reading

  34. Read 2nd time

  35. On 2nd reading

  36. Read 1st time

  37. On 1st reading

  38. Committee substitute reported

  39. To Education

  40. Introduced in Senate

  41. To Education

  42. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Boso · Cosponsor
  • Stollings · Cosponsor
  • Baldwin · Cosponsor
  • Plymale · Cosponsor
  • Bill Hamilton · Cosponsor
  • Lindsay · Cosponsor
  • Jeffries · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Jeffries

Co-sponsors (6)

  • Boso
  • Stollings
  • Baldwin
  • Plymale
  • Bill Hamilton Republican
  • Lindsay

Not signed on (145)

145 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 100 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24000
Unaffiliated 71000
Democrat 5000
Total 100000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Evans — Yea
Foster — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Capito — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Fast — Yea
Graves — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Kump — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Linville — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Malcolm — Yea
Pack — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Shott — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Storch — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Walker — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Householder — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Miley — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Steele — Yea
Summers — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 99 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24000
Unaffiliated 70100
Democrat 5000
Total 99100
% of votes cast 99%1%0%0%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Evans — Yea
Foster — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Fast — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Graves — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Shott — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Walker — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Capito — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Householder — Yea
Kump — Nay
Pack — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Steele — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Linville — Yea
Malcolm — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Miley — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Storch — Yea
Summers — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 31 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 29003
Total 31003
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
LINDSAY — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MANN — Not Voting
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
BOSO — Not Voting
PALUMBO — Not Voting
TARR — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Subjects

veterans education
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Who sponsors SB 154?
SB 154 is sponsored by Boso, Stollings, Baldwin, Plymale, Bill Hamilton (Republican), Lindsay, and Jeffries.
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