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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 740: Establishing Stop Squatters Act

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 740 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on March 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishing Stop Squatters Act. Primary sponsor: Hamilton. It lists 24 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 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): Democratic 1 · Republican 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
HamiltonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike AzingerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Kevan BartlettCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Anne CharnockCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Charles ClementsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Vince DeedsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Scott FullerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Craig HartCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Brian HeltonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
JeffriesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
MartinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mark MaynardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Robbie MorrisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Mike OliverioCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
PhillipsCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Ben QueenCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Rollan RobertsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Chris RoseCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Tom TakuboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Eric TarrCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Jay TaylorCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate14
Darren ThorneCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate15
WillisCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike WoelfelCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Jack WoodrumCo-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