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Senate advances wide range of bills on third reading; dozens move forward
Summary
During a floor session, the West Virginia Senate approved a large package of bills on third reading, spanning property law, education, judicial jurisdiction, higher-education rulemaking and other areas. Several bills were adopted unanimously or by wide margins; a handful drew votes with recorded opposition.
The West Virginia Senate on a floor session advanced and passed a broad set of bills on third reading, approving measures addressing property rights, school policy, court jurisdiction limits and other subjects.
The measures taken up included an array of committee substitutes and engrossed house bills. Many passed with unanimous or near-unanimous recorded votes on the Senate floor when the clerk closed the machine and the results were announced.
Among the measures approved: Engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 2434 (described on the floor as the “Stop Squatters Act”), which clarifies that squatters are trespassers and establishes a removal process and a related criminal-mischief offense; the clerk recorded the result as 31 yays, 0 nays, 3 absent. A bill requiring in-person training for principals and certain school officials on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and related state policy (engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 2499) passed 33…
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