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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 748: Creating Safer Communities Act

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 748 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Creating Safer Communities Act. Primary sponsor: Brian Helton (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 13, 2025): On 3rd reading, House Calendar.

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
Brian HeltonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Charles ClementsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
HamiltonCo-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. On 3rd reading, House Calendar
  2. Placed on House Calendar
  3. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  4. On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
  5. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  6. Motion shall the bill be rejected failed (Roll No. 494)
  7. Read 1st time
  8. On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  9. Postponed on 1st reading, Special Calendar, until 4/10/2025
  10. On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  11. Postponed on 1st reading, Special Calendar, until 4/9/2025
  12. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 34 actions. Full history

Sources

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