2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: Providing greater access to unused buildings for public charter schools
PDF: sb653 intr.pdf
DOCX: SB653 INTR.docx
FISCAL NOTE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 653
By Senators Chapman, Rose, and Willis
[Introduced January 28, 2026; referred
to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §5A-4-7, relating to placing a statue of U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstom in a corner of the rotunda of the Capitol.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 4. GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION.
§5A-4-7. Placement of statue of U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom in a corner of the rotunda of the Capitol.
(a) The Legislature directs the secretary of the Department of Administration to plan and place a statue of U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom placed in a corner of the rotunda of the Capitol.
(b) The General Services Division of the Department of Administration shall use funds from the special "capitol renovation and improvement fund" previously created for funding of the statue of U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and the placement of this statue in corner of the rotunda of the Capitol.
(c) The base of the statue shall include a list of Specialist Beckstrom's military awards and her date of birth and date of death.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to place a statue of U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstom in a corner of the rotunda of the Capitol.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.