# West Virginia SB 629: Providing increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees

West Virginia SB 629, Providing increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brian Helton (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-28 (Filed for introduction) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB629-2025rs
- 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 629
- State: West Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Providing increase in salary to WV Birth to Three contracted therapists and employees
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-28
- Last action: 2025-02-28, Filed for introduction
- Sponsor: Brian Helton (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Subjects: §16-5K-6, Senate Health and Human Resources
- 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: Brian Helton (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Charles H. Clements (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Scott Fuller (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joey Garcia (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Glenn Jeffries (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Maynard
- Cosponsor: Robbie Morris (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patricia Rucker (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Eric Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Darren Thorne (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tom Willis (Republican), Senate

## Actions (4)

- 2025-02-28: Filed for introduction (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: To Health and Human Resources then Finance (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Introduced in Senate (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: To Health and Human Resources (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb629 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb629 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/sb629 intr.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/sb629 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-SB629-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).