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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 50: Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections

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 50 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections. Primary sponsor: Jay Taylor (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 8, 2025): Chapter 103, 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 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jay TaylorPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate14
Vince DeedsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
HamiltonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike OliverioCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Patricia RuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
WillisCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 103, Acts, Regular Session, 2025
  2. Approved by Governor 4/24/2025
  3. To Governor 4/17/2025
  4. Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal
  5. To Governor 4/17/2025 - Senate Journal
  6. House Message received
  7. Completed legislative action
  8. Communicated to Senate
  9. House receded and passed (Roll No. 614)
  10. House received Senate message
  11. Communicated to House
  12. Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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