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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 488: Clarifying definition of electioneering

Passed one chamber 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 488 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Clarifying definition of electioneering. Primary sponsor: Jack Woodrum (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 12, 2025): House Message received.

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. House Message received
  2. House rejected (Roll No. 505)
  3. Read 3rd time
  4. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  5. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  6. Amendment reported by the Clerk
  7. Read 2nd time
  8. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  9. Read 1st time
  10. Immediate consideration
  11. With amendment, do pass
  12. Markup Discussion

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

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