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Votes at a glance: key Senate roll-call outcomes from April 7, 2025 session
Summary
Summary of bills the Senate passed with recorded roll-call votes during the April 7 session, including bill numbers, subjects and final tallies.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate recorded several roll-call votes during the April 7 session. Key outcomes:
Senate Bill 650 (relating to full-time interventionists): The House amended and passed the bill; the Senate refused to concur in the House amendment initially but later concurred in the House amendment as amended and passed the bill. Final recorded vote on passage was 34 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent not voting.
House Bill 2008 (executive branch reorganization — Department of Economic Development into Commerce): Passed by Senate, 25 yeas, 9 nays; Senate later set effective date 07/01/2025 by 34 yeas, 0 nays.
House Bill 2009 (reconstituting Arts, Culture and History within Tourism): Passed by Senate, 24 yeas, 10 nays; Senate later set effective date 07/01/2025 by 34 yeas, 0 nays.
House Bill 2013 (transfer of employees to classified-exempt service for named agencies): Passed by Senate, 24 yeas, 10 nays; Senate later set effective date 07/01/2025 by 34 yeas, 0 nays.
House Bill 2067 (West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act): Passed by Senate, 34 yeas, 0 nays. The bill narrows the circumstances under which negligent marketing claims may be brought against firearms manufacturers or sellers.
How to read the votes: tallies above are the recorded final passage totals as reported from the Senate floor. Where the Senate separately voted to set effective dates, those tallies are noted.
