West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB4765: Teacher, School Personnel, and State Police Pay Raise
Status: Signed into law, April 1, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §15-2-5, §18A-4-2, and §18A-4-8a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing annual salaries of certain employees of the state; increasing the salaries of members of the West Virginia State Police and certain personnel thereof; increasing annual salaries of public school teachers; increasing annual salaries of school service personnel; and providing an effective date for these increases. CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY. ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE. §15-2-5. Career progression system state; salaries; exclusion from wage and hour laws, w.
From the enrolled text, March 14, 2026:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §15-2-5, §18A-4-2, and §18A-4-8a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing annual salaries of certain employees of the state; increasing the salaries of members of the West Virginia State Police and certain personnel thereof; increasing annual salaries of public school teachers; increasing annual salaries of school service personnel; and providing an effective date for these increases. CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY. ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE. §15-2-5. Career progression system state; salaries; exclusion from wage and hour laws, with supplemental payment; bond; leave time for members called to duty in guard or reserves. (a) The superintendent shall establish within the West Virginia State Police a system to provide (2) the classification of nonsupervisory members within the field operations force to the ranks of trooper, senior trooper, trooper first class, or corporal; and (3) the temporary reclassification of members assigned to administrative duties as administrative support specialist I-VIII. The promotion of individuals in the forensic laboratory shall include the classifications of Evidence Custodians I-IV, Forensic Technicians I-III, Forensic Scientists I-VI, and Forensic Scientist Supervisors I-IV, based on the Forensic Lab Career Progression System. (b) The superintendent may propose legislative rules for promulgation in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code for the purpose of ensuring consistency, predictability, and independent …