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Votes at a glance: West Virginia Senate actions April 10, 2025
Summary
The West Virginia Senate completed votes on a series of bills during its April 10, 2025 session. This roundup lists each bill acted on in the transcript, the floor action, and the recorded tally when provided by the clerk.
The West Virginia Senate recorded final actions on multiple House bills and a resolution on April 10, 2025. Below are bill-by-bill outcomes as announced on the Senate floor. Where the clerk recorded a roll-call or recorded result, it is shown; where the outcome was by voice or unanimous consent, that is noted.
Votes at a glance (bill — short description — recorded result):
- Senate Resolution 49 — Recognize May 8, 2025 as World Red Cross Day and Red Crescent Day — Adopted by voice.
- House Bill 20-54 — Amend alcohol and vendor liability rules (samples, special permits, ABCA enforcement) — Passed, recorded 22 yeas, 12 nays; later the Senate made the bill effective from passage on a recorded vote of 27 yeas, 7 nays.
- House Bill 20-66 — Create felony for destruction of first responder equipment — Passed, recorded 33 yeas, 1 nay.
- House Bill 21-21 — Deceased disabled veteran real property exemption for widowed spouses — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 22-67 (Revenue rules bundle / House Bill 22 67 reference in session) — Revenue and regulatory rules bundle — Passed, recorded 22 yeas, 12 nays; Senate made effective from passage by recorded vote 33 yeas, 1 nay on effect-from-passage motion (as announced on floor).
- House Bill 23-44 — Traffic safety (expand slow-down/shift requirement to all stationary vehicles) — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 23-51 — Compensation for panel attorneys (increase rates and reporting) — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays; made effective 07/01/2025 by recorded vote.
- House Bill 23-58 — Post-mortem examinations (autopsy timing/reporting) — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 24-51 — Facilitate creation of home-based businesses — Deferred to later calendar consideration (floor request granted).
- House Bill 25-11 — Charitable bingo and alcohol sales/consumption — Passed, recorded 23 yeas, 11 nays.
- House Bill 25-75 — Establish full-time dementia services director position — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 26-34 — Double criminal penalties for certain offenses against minors — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 27-18 — State advisory council to study establishing a military college — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 28-02 — In-service training credits for law enforcement officers — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 28-36 — Wild animal rehabilitation permits (establish DNR permit program) — Passed, recorded 31 yeas, 3 nays.
- House Bill 29-61 — Prohibit designated foreign parties from acquiring or holding real estate/mineral rights — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 29-63 — Ensure survivor of bank merger is FDIC-insured — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 30-14 — Liability of hospital police (clarify immunity provisions) — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 30-16 — Photo voter ID requirement (add photo ID requirement at polling places) — Passed, recorded 32 yeas, 2 nays.
- House Bill 31-11 — Pay increases for members of the judiciary (salary increases, retirement provisions) — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays; made effective 07/01/2025.
- House Bill 31-62 — Causes of action under Chapter 46A survive death of injured party — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 31-81 — Allow law enforcement officers to purchase service firearm upon honorable separation — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 32-09 — At least one counselor per 250 students (school counselor ratios) — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays; made effective 07/01/2025.
- House Bill 32-63 — Notification of utility service disruptions (require outage communication plans filed with PSC) — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 32-94 — Banking protections for vulnerable adults from financial exploitation — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- House Bill 32-97 (as amended in finance committee) — Establish Washington Center for Civics at WVU (see separate story) — Passed, recorded 25 yeas, 9 nays.
- House Bill 33-36 — Well-plugging methods (codify DEP pilot efficient plugging method) — Passed, recorded 33 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent.
- House Bill 33-38 — Allow child witness testimony remotely in specified traumatic situations — Passed, recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays.
- Senate concurrence actions and title amendments on various bills were adopted as announced on the floor; the clerk communicated actions to the House.
Notes: The Senate adopted multiple title amendments and committee amendments on the floor. For a number of bills the Senate also voted to make the statute effective from passage or on specified future dates; those effective-date motions were recorded on the floor and are noted in individual bill descriptions above when the Senate took that action. Where the clerk announced a recorded roll call, that tally is reproduced here exactly as read on the floor.
For further detail on any specific bill — including full roll-call lists, text of adopted floor amendments, and committee reports referenced in the floor descriptions — consult the Senate clerk’s official journal for April 10, 2025.
