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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 485: Exempting West Virginia Secretary of State from competitive bidding process

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 485 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Exempting West Virginia Secretary of State from competitive bidding process. Primary sponsor: Jack Woodrum (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (August 8, 2025): Chapter 126, 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): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jack WoodrumPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Mike OliverioCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13

“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 126, Acts, Regular Session, 2025
  2. Approved by Governor 4/30/2025
  3. To Governor 4/14/2025
  4. Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal
  5. To Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal
  6. To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal
  7. Completed legislative action
  8. Communicated to House
  9. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 457)
  10. House Message received
  11. Communicated to Senate
  12. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)

Showing 12 most recent of 39 actions. Full history

Sources

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