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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 564: Prohibiting voters not affiliated with major political party from voting ballot of political party in primary election

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 564 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibiting voters not affiliated with major political party from voting ballot of political party in primary election. Primary sponsor: Eric Tarr (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 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 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric TarrPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Brian HeltonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Mark MaynardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6

“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. Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary
  3. To Government Organization
  4. Introduced in Senate
  5. To Government Organization then Judiciary
  6. Filed for introduction

Sources

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