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Senate concurs in multiple House amendments, passes a string of bills including budget and utility coordination measures
Summary
In a series of concurrence motions and passage votes, the West Virginia Senate approved the budget amendment, utility/road coordination rule, and numerous other bills. Several measures were made effective immediately or scheduled to take effect July 1, 2025.
The West Virginia Senate on the floor concurred in multiple House amendments and passed a series of bills including the budget amendment (House Bill 2026), a utility work and road paving coordination measure (Senate Bill 1), and other bills addressing rail modernization, substance use disorder testing, executive branch reorganization and several appropriation and criminal‑law measures.
Senator from Lewis (name not specified) moved concurrence on many of the House amendments before the Senate and spoke to the changes in each case; the clerk then reported recorded votes for final passage or concurrence. The chamber adopted the amendments and passed the listed bills by the recorded tallies shown below.
Votes at a glance (selected items from the transcript):
- House Bill 2026 (budget bill): Senate concurred in House…
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