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Senate floor: summary of third-reading votes, March 7, 2025
Summary
The West Virginia Senate recorded multiple third-reading votes on March 7, 2025. This roundup lists each bill that received a floor vote, its outcome, and the roll-call tallies or floor-reported results where recorded in the transcript.
Below are bills acted on by the West Virginia Senate on March 7, 2025, with outcomes and available vote tallies taken from the floor transcript.
- Engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 121 (updating language and increasing penalties for indecent exposure) — Passed. Reported floor result: 33 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- Engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 155 (establishing summer feeding for all program; changes county board authorities to requirements in parts) — Passed. Reported floor result: 30 ayes, 3 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- Engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 199 (elementary behavior intervention and safety) — Passed. Reported floor result: 33 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- Engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 325 (authorizing Department of Health and others to promulgate rules; rules bundle) — Passed. Reported floor result: 33 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting. The Senate also voted to make the bill effective from passage by the required supermajority (33 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent).
- Engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 458 (Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act of 2025) — Passed. Clerk reported floor voting with one member absent; transcript indicates passage by majority (specific ayes/nays not printed in the immediate floor excerpt).
- Engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 485 (exempting West Virginia Secretary of State from competitive bidding process for certain election infrastructure purchases) — Passed. Reported floor result: 32 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent not voting.
- Engrossed Senate Bill 492 (removing outdated provisions governing political committees) — Passed. Reported floor result: 33 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- Engrossed Senate Bill 565 (practice of optometry) — Passed. Reported floor result: 22 ayes, 11 nays, 1 absent not voting. (See separate article for extended debate.)
- Engrossed Senate Bill 612 (making PSC rulemaking subject to legislative rule-making review procedures) — Passed. Reported floor result: 30 ayes, 3 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- Engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 627 (leasing CO2 pore space under state parks, limited authority) — Passed. Reported floor result: 29 ayes, 3 nays, 2 absent not voting. (See separate article for sponsor remarks.)
Other bills were read, introduced, or advanced on first/second reading without recorded third-reading floor votes in the provided transcript excerpt. Where the transcript did not include a precise roll-call tally on the floor, the entry indicates that the clerk announced passage or that the clerk recorded an absent member rather than providing exact ayes/nays in the excerpt.
All passed measures listed above were reported by the clerk as communicated to the House of Delegates or ordered advanced per the transcript.
