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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 458: Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 458 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025. Primary sponsor: Smith. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (August 8, 2025): Chapter 194, Acts, Regular Session, 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
SmithPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike WoelfelCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chapter 194, Acts, Regular Session, 2025
  2. Approved by Governor 4/7/2025 - House Journal
  3. Approved by Governor 4/7/2025
  4. To Governor 4/3/2025 - House Journal
  5. To Governor 4/3/2025
  6. House received Senate message
  7. Completed legislative action
  8. Communicated to House
  9. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 275)
  10. House Message received
  11. Communicated to Senate
  12. Passed House (Roll No. 256)

Showing 12 most recent of 39 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source