SB 925 West Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Providing Future Farmers of America-sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences

Senate Bill 925 modifies West Virginia's school attendance law to exempt Future Farmers of America (FFA)-sanctioned activities from the 10-day annual limit on excused absences. It directly affects West Virginia students participating in FFA events, ensuring these absences are counted as excused without reducing their annual excused absence allowance. The bill requires schools to mark students present for FFA activities (like they would for field trips), mandates documentation from FFA, and requires students to make up missed work without grade penalties. It aligns FFA with existing exemptions for 4-H, SkillsUSA, and similar programs under the same attendance rules.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2026 Last action Feb 23, 2026
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MINOR
The document provided is a legislative amendment record, not a final bill text. It documents a procedural move by Senator Grady to replace the entire title of Senate Bill 925 with a new version. The record shows that this specific amendment was adopted, while a previous version was rejected. No substantive policy changes to the law's content, scope, or definitions were made in this specific step.
TECHNICAL

The bill's title was replaced with a new version that clarifies the bill's purpose regarding excused absences for student organizations and activities.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2026

How they voted

320
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Feb 23, 2026
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

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 23, 2026
Committee
To House Education
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Committee
To Education
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Title amendment adopted
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Roll No. 201)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported do pass
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
To Education
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors