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SB388 • 2026
Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms
Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms
Education
Passed Legislature
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
- Sponsor
- Grady, Thorne , Deeds , Hart , Roberts , Bartlett , Tarr
- Last action
- 2026-01-30
- Official status
- H To House Education 01/30/26
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.
Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms
Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms
What This Bill Does
- Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms
Limits and Unknowns
- This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.
Amendments
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Plain English:
SB388 SFA Woelfel #1 1-28
Wolfe 7816
Senator Woelfel moved to amend the bill on page 1, section 1, by striking out the article heading and substituting therefor a new article heading, to read as follows:
Article 9I.
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SB388 SFA Woelfel #1 1-28
Wolfe 7816
Senator Woelfel moved to amend the bill on page 1, section 1, by striking out the article heading and substituting therefor a new article heading, to read as follows:
Article 9I.
- Distribution of Bibles.
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On page 1, section 1, by striking out the section caption and substituting therefor a new section caption, to read as follows:
§18-9I-1.
- Distribution of Bibles in public schools.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
SB388 SFA Woelfel #1 1-28
Wolfe 7816
Senator Woelfel moved to amend the bill on page 1, section 1, by striking out the article heading and substituting therefor a new article heading, to read as follows:
Article 9I.
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SB388 SFA Woelfel #1 1-28
Wolfe 7816
Senator Woelfel moved to amend the bill on page 1, section 1, by striking out the article heading and substituting therefor a new article heading, to read as follows:
Article 9I.
- Distribution of Bibles.
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On page 1, section 1, by striking out the section caption and substituting therefor a new section caption, to read as follows:
§18-9I-1.
- Distribution of Bibles in public schools.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
SB388 SFAT Woelfel #1 1-28
Wolfe 7816
Senator Woelfel moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng.
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SB388 SFAT Woelfel #1 1-28
Wolfe 7816
Senator Woelfel moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng.
- Senate Bill 388
—A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-9I-1, relating to requiring a public elementary or secondary school to make both the Aitken Bible and the Catholic American Bible available to certain classrooms; specifying funds that can and cannot be used for this purpose; and clarifying that the requirement applies to public charter schools.
- Adopted
Rejected
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
SB388 SFAT Woelfel #1 1-28
Wolfe 7816
Senator Woelfel moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng.
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SB388 SFAT Woelfel #1 1-28
Wolfe 7816
Senator Woelfel moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng.
- Senate Bill 388
—A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-9I-1, relating to requiring a public elementary or secondary school to make both the Aitken Bible and the Catholic American Bible available to certain classrooms; specifying funds that can and cannot be used for this purpose; and clarifying that the requirement applies to public charter schools.
- Adopted
Rejected
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Bill History
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2026-02-02
H
To Education then Judiciary
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2026-01-30
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To House Education
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2026-01-30
H
Introduced in House
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2026-01-30
H
House received Senate message
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2026-01-29
S
Ordered to House
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2026-01-29
S
Passed Senate (Roll No. 19)
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2026-01-29
S
Read 3rd time
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2026-01-29
S
On 3rd reading
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2026-01-28
S
Floor amendments rejected (Roll No. 15)
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2026-01-28
S
Read 2nd time
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2026-01-28
S
On 2nd reading
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2026-01-27
S
Read 1st time
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2026-01-26
S
On 1st reading
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2026-01-23
S
Reported do pass
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2026-01-15
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To Education
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2026-01-15
S
Introduced in Senate
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2026-01-15
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To Education
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2026-01-15
S
Filed for introduction
Official Summary Text
Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms
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WEST virginia legislature
2026 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 388
By Senator Grady
[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred
to the Committee on Education]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-9I-1, relating to requiring a public elementary or secondary school to make the Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms; specifying funds that can and cannot be used for this purpose; and clarifying that the requirement applies to public charter schools.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 9I. DISTRIBUTION OF AITKEN BIBLE.
§18-9I-1. Distribution of the Aitken Bible in public schools.
(a) A public elementary or secondary school shall, subject to §18-9I-1(b), make the Aitken Bible available to all fourth grade, eighth grade, and 10
th
grade social studies classrooms.
(b) A public elementary or secondary school may accept and use private donations for the purposes of meeting the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. No public funds may be used for this purpose.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of code to the contrary, this section applies to public charter schools authorized pursuant to §18-5G-1
et seq.
of this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that a public elementary or secondary school make the Aitken Bible available to all fourth grade, eighth grade, and 10
th
grade social studies classrooms; specifying funds that can and cannot be used for this purpose; and clarify that the requirement applies to charter schools.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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