HB 2678 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to school zones of public or private schools

HB 2678, now Chapter 100 of the 2025 Regular Session Acts, establishes new regulations for school zones around public and private schools in the state. The bill directly affects school districts, local law enforcement, and drivers operating near school property during designated hours. While the specific provisions (such as speed limits or enforcement protocols) are not detailed in the provided context, the bill creates a statutory framework for defining and managing school zone boundaries. It became law after receiving gubernatorial approval on April 25, 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Jul 2025

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Signed Jul 30, 2025

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MINOR

The bill was amended to replace the entire original text with a new version that clarifies school zone definitions to include private and public charter schools, incorporates technical corrections, and adds provisions preventing certain speeding convictions from being recorded on driving records when the speed was only 10 mph or less over the limit.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include private schools and public charter schools within school zone definitions, and new provisions were added to protect drivers from recordable convictions for minor speeding violations on controlled access highways.

DEFINITION

School zone definition was modified to explicitly include private schools and public charter schools, expanding the scope of protected areas.

ENFORCEMENT

New provisions were added to prevent certified abstracts of judgments from being transmitted to or recorded by the Division of Motor Vehicles when speeding violations on controlled access highways are 10 mph or less over the limit.

TECHNICAL

Technical corrections and updates were incorporated into the bill text to improve clarity and accuracy.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 4, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

32–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 33

Apr 4, 2025

D Democratic2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican31

30 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 25, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor 4/25/2025

lower

Apr 12, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal

upper

Apr 12, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal

lower

Apr 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 633)

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 313)

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (Roll No. 41)

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Do pass

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Committee

To House Energy and Public Works

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors