# West Virginia SB 563: Providing members of State Teachers Retirement System are absent from service while serving as officer with statewide professional teaching association

West Virginia SB 563, Providing members of State Teachers Retirement System are absent from service while serving as officer with statewide professional teaching association, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Eric Tarr (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-21 (Filed for introduction) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB563-2025rs
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: West Virginia SB 563
- State: West Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Providing members of State Teachers Retirement System are absent from service while serving as officer with statewide professional teaching association
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-21
- Last action: 2025-02-21, Filed for introduction
- Sponsor: Eric Tarr (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: §18-7A-17, Senate Pensions
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Eric Tarr (Republican), Senate

## Actions (4)

- 2025-02-21: Filed for introduction (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: To Pensions (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: Introduced in Senate (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: To Pensions (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb563 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb563 intr.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed)
- SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed)
- SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed)
- SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed)
- SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed)
- SB 617: Discouraging gang activity (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb563 intr.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb563 intr.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs)
- [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs)
- [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs)
- [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs)
- [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs)
- [SB 617: Discouraging gang activity](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB617-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB563-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).