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Votes at a glance: key bills passed by West Virginia Senate on March 28, 2025
Summary
The Senate approved a package of bills on March 28, 2025, including measures on vaccine reporting, gambling/racing wagering, election records publication, airport authority membership, and others. Tallies below reflect recorded floor votes.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — During its March 28 session the West Virginia Senate took final action on multiple bills. Several measures were approved on third reading; the clerk recorded the tallies noted below and the Senate directed the clerk to communicate actions to the House.
Votes at a glance
- Engrossed committee substitute for committee substitute for Senate Bill 517 (requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to the Bureau for Public Health): Passed 33 yays, 0 nays, 1 absent. Sponsor urged passage and described reporting and an obligation for the Bureau for Public Health to produce a report to the Legislature.
- Engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 576 (authorizing fixed odds wagering for dog and horse racing and establishing related funds): Passed 24 yays, 9 nays, 1 absent. The bill creates separate funds for dog and horse racing, defines allowed operators and rulemaking authority for fixed-odds wagering.
- Engrossed Senate Bill 593 (requirements for county election officials to provide cast vote records and ballot images to the Secretary of State, and public posting…
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