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Votes at a glance: key bills advanced or passed on the Senate floor
Summary
The Senate advanced or passed a series of bills, including protections for property owners near private cemeteries, revisions to corporate and nonprofit procedures, and committee referrals for a range of House measures. Vote tallies and committee referrals are listed below.
The West Virginia Senate moved a number of bills through third reading and committee referrals during the floor session. The list below summarizes floor actions and recorded votes where taken.
Votes and outcomes
- Senate Bill 257 (property-owner protections for private cemetery access): Passed on third reading, recorded vote 33 yays, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- Senate Bill 501 (loan form amendment to corporate incorporation code): Engrossed and passed on third reading; floor explanation recorded; final tally reported on the record (clerk reported passage). (Vote recorded on the machine; clerk reported result.)
- Senate Bill 522 (secretary of state dissolution procedures for LLCs): Passed on third reading, recorded vote 33 yays, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting; bill retains notice requirement but changes how certificate of dissolution is served and filed.
- Committee substitute addressing nonprofit corporation dissolution (analogous to SB 522 applied to nonprofits): Passed on third reading, recorded vote 33 yays, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- Uniform Special Deposits Act (interim bill stemming from the Uniform Law Commission): Passed on third reading, recorded vote 33 yays, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting; creates a new article in chapter 31A for special deposits held under account agreements.
- Engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 196 (Lawrence Law) is listed above as a separate article due to extended debate and roll-call vote.
Committee reports and referrals
The Senate also received committee reports and placed several bills on first or second reading and referred others to named committees:
- The committee on Transportation and Infrastructure reported a committee substitute for Senate Bill 1 (paving projects) with referral to Government Organization as first committee of a double reference.
- Committees reported on bills including Senate Bill 271 (motor vehicle racing on county/municipal roads), Senate Bill 474 (ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs), and many others; several were referred to Finance or Judiciary under the original double committee references as noted by committee chairs.
- The clerk announced receipt of multiple House messages, including committee substitutes for House Bills 2129 (Parents' Bill of Rights), 2267 (Department of Revenue rule-making authority), and others; those messages were received and the bills were referred to the listed committees.
Other actions
- The Senate introduced a set of bills (Senate Bill 731 through 738) by unanimous consent and referred them to the appropriate committees via the chamber automation system.
- Several second-reading bills had floor amendments adopted (for example, Senate Bill 280 on displaying the U.S. motto; an amendment made the requirement applicable to charter schools and removed a flag representation requirement).
Clerks will communicate all Senate actions to the House or the appropriate committees, and multiple bills will advance to third reading or committee consideration per the orders taken on the floor.
