West Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 241 — Requiring State Board of Education develop method for student transportation costs as stand-alone consideration

Last action — Chapter 109, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

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  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 09, 2020. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 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

10 added · 121 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to SB 241 changed the title of the bill and added a new section, which requires the State Board of Education to revise how it calculates the number of positions for service personnel. This specifically aims to ensure that districts with lower populations can better address their student transportation needs. This change is significant because it highlights support for rural areas, ensuring they have the resources necessary to transport students effectively.

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SB241 H ED AMT Mohr  3335   The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
COMMISSION JOINT RULES STAFF INFO BILL STATUS BILL STATUS BILL TRACKING STATE LAW WEST VIRGINIA CODE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE CODE OF 1931 WV CONSTITUTION US CONSTITUTION REPORTS AGENCY REPORTS AGENCY GRANT AWARDS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS POST AUDITS EDUCATIONAL CITIZEN’S GUIDE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM PAGE PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS PHOTO GALLERY CAPITOL HISTORY HOW A BILL BECOMES LAW CONTACT SENATE ROSTER HOUSE ROSTER PUBLIC INFO.
  A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-9A-7a, relating to requiring State Board of Education to propose revisions to calculation of allowance for service personnel to provide additional positions to meet student transportation needs of certain lower population density districts;
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Green = existing Code.
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 241 Senators Baldwin, Roberts, Rucker, and Stollings, original sponsors [Passed February 29, 2020;
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 §18-9A-7a, relating to requiring State Board of Education to propose revisions to calculation of allowance for service personnel to provide additional positions to meet student transportation needs of certain lower population density districts;
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARtICLE 9a.
Public School Support.
§18-9A-7a.  Report on alternate method for funding student transportation costs required.
(a) The Legislature finds that the present method of calculating the allowance for service personnel in §18-9A-5 may not provide sufficient funding to meet the student transportation needs of lower-population density districts covering a large geographic area.
(b) The State Board of Education shall propose revisions to the calculation of the allowance for service personnel in §18-9A-5 to provide additional funded service personnel positions for the districts described in subsection (a) of this section and shall report the proposal to the Legislature before September 1, 2020.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 109, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

  2. Approved by Governor 3/24/20

  3. To Governor 3/10/20

  4. Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal

  6. To Governor 3/10/20 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 3/10/20 - Senate Journal

  8. House received Senate message

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to House

  11. Passed Senate (Roll No. 356)

  12. Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)

  13. House Message received

  14. Communicated to Senate

  15. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  16. Passed House (Roll No. 392)

  17. Read 3rd time

  18. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  19. Read 2nd time

  20. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  21. Read 1st time

  22. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  23. With title amendment, do pass

  24. To House Education

  25. To Education

  26. Introduced in House

  27. Ordered to House

  28. Passed Senate (Roll No. 43)

  29. Read 3rd time

  30. On 3rd reading

  31. Read 2nd time

  32. On 2nd reading

  33. Read 1st time

  34. On 1st reading

  35. Committee substitute reported

  36. To Education

  37. Introduced in Senate

  38. To Education

  39. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Baldwin · Primary
  • Rollan A. Roberts · Cosponsor
  • Rucker · Cosponsor
  • Stollings · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Baldwin

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (148)

148 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 29 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 27005
Total 29005
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
LINDSAY — Yea
SMITH — Not Voting
BALDWIN — Yea
MANN — Not Voting
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MARONEY — Not Voting
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
PALUMBO — Not Voting
TAKUBO — Yea
PITSENBARGER — Yea
TARR — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Not Voting
IHLENFELD — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
JEFFRIES — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 92 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24001
Unaffiliated 64006
Democrat 4001
Total 92008
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Espinosa — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Fast — Yea
Kump — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Shott — Yea
Barnhart — Yea
Linville — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Foster — Yea
Little — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Bates — Yea
Graves — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Steele — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Storch — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Summers — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Miley — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Capito — Yea
Hill — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Walker — Yea
Pack — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Householder — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Byrd — Not Voting
Paynter — Not Voting
Rodighiero — Not Voting
Brown, N. — Not Voting
Evans — Not Voting
Skaff — Not Voting
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Not Voting
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
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Not Voting
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 31001
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
LINDSAY — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
MANN — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MARONEY — Not Voting
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
PITSENBARGER — Yea
TARR — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
JEFFRIES — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Subjects

transportation education
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SB 241 is sponsored by Baldwin, Rollan A. Roberts (Republican), Rucker, and Stollings.
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