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Senate Rejects Amendment to Remove Private Cause of Action from NIL Protection Act; Bill Advances to Third Reading
Summary
Lawmakers debated removing a private cause of action from House Bill 25-76, the NIL Protection Act. The amendment to strike the private right of action was rejected and the bill was advanced to third reading.
During second reading of the Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 25-76, the West Virginia Senate debated an amendment that would have removed an express private cause of action from the bill's final section. Senior Senator from the Fourth offered the amendment, arguing it was unnecessary and could worsen West Virginia's legal climate; the amendment was rejected and the bill advanced to third reading.
The amendment to strike the bill’s last section — which would have removed an…
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