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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 543: Clarifying oversight by Attorney General of political subdivision’s hiring of private attorney under contingency fee or contract to sue

In committee 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 543 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Clarifying oversight by Attorney General of political subdivision’s hiring of private attorney under contingency fee or contract to sue. Primary sponsor: Eric Tarr (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 19, 2025): To Judiciary.

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
Eric TarrPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Vince DeedsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10

“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. To Judiciary
  2. Introduced in Senate
  3. To Judiciary
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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