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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia exempts school employee and student child-care programs from licensing requirements
Last action · March 9, 2026: To FinanceSponsors: Mike Hornby and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 5163 exempts child-care programs operated by a exclusively for the children of its employees or students from certain state child-care . The measure additionally allows the State Board of Education to propose rules governing the health, safety, and welfare of children enrolled in these programs.
Changes regulatory compliance standards for school-operated child-care facilities serving educational staff and students, shifting oversight authority to the State Board of Education.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
County boards of education
County boards operating child-care programs for employee or student children are exempted from certain licensing mandates.
School employees and students
Individuals with children enrolled in county board-operated child-care programs are affected by the new regulatory framework.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
19 actions- Mar 9, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Finance
- Mar 9, 2026SenateCommitteeReported do pass, but first to Finance
- Mar 4, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Education
- Mar 4, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Education then Finance
- Mar 4, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Mar 3, 2026HouseCommunicated to Senate
Show 13 earlier actions
- Mar 3, 2026HouseFloorPassed House (Roll No. 265)
- Mar 3, 2026HouseRead 3rd time
- Mar 3, 2026HouseOn 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- Mar 2, 2026HouseRead 2nd time
- Mar 2, 2026HouseOn 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- Feb 27, 2026HouseRead 1st time
- Feb 27, 2026HouseOn 1st reading, Special Calendar
- Feb 26, 2026HouseBy substitute, do pass
- Feb 24, 2026HouseMarkup Discussion
- Feb 4, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Education
- Feb 4, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Feb 4, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Education
- Feb 4, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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