# West Virginia SB 565: Relating generally to practice of optometry West Virginia SB 565, Relating generally to practice of optometry, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jay Taylor (Republican); status became law, last action 2025-08-08 (Chapter 198, Acts, Regular Session, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB565-2025rs - 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 565 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Relating generally to practice of optometry - Status: became law - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-21 - Last action: 2025-08-08, Chapter 198, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 - Sponsor: Jay Taylor (Republican) - Cosponsors: 8 - Subjects: §30-8-3, §30-8-6, §30-8-9, §30-8-23, §30-8A-1, §30-8B-1, §30-8B-2, §30-8B-3, §30-8B-4, §30-8B-5, §30-8B-6, §30-8B-7, §30-8B-8 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (173 yes, 57 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jay Taylor (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Charles H. Clements (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Vince Deeds (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Joey Garcia (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bill Hamilton (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Robbie Morris (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Rollan A. Roberts (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris Rose (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Patricia Rucker (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 459) | pass | 24 | 8 | | | 2025-04-09 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 432) | pass | 93 | 4 | | | 2025-03-10 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 86) | pass | 22 | 11 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Takubo #2 floor amendments adopted (Roll No. 77) | pass | 19 | 15 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Takubo #1 floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 76) | fail | 15 | 19 | | ## Actions (45) - 2025-08-08: Chapter 198, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Became law 5/1/2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: To Governor 4/14/2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal (House) - 2025-04-10: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 459) (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Communicated to House (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Completed legislative action (Senate) - 2025-04-09: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-09: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-04-09: Passed House (Roll No. 432) (House) - 2025-04-09: Title amendment adopted (Voice vote) (House) - 2025-04-09: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-08: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-08: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-04-08: Amendment reported by the Clerk (House) - 2025-04-08: Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) (House) - 2025-04-07: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-04-07: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-04-04: With amendment, do pass (House) - 2025-03-31: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-11: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-03-11: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-03-11: To Health and Human Resources (House) - 2025-03-11: To House Health and Human Resources (House) - 2025-03-10: On 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Passed Senate (Roll No. 86) (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Ordered to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Takubo #1 floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 76) (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Takubo #2 floor amendments adopted (Roll No. 77) (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Floor amendment reported (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Takubo #3 floor amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Senate) - 2025-03-06: On 1st reading (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Committee substitute reported (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Filed for introduction (Senate) - 2025-02-21: To Health and Human Resources (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-02-21: To Health and Human Resources (Senate) ## Bill text - Committee Substitute: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1.pdf) - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1 eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1 eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1 enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1 enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 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 - [Committee Substitute (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1.htm) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1.pdf) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1 eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1 eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1 enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 sub1 enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb565 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) - [West Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia/bills) - [West Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB565-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).