Senate concurs with House change and makes SB 607 effective on passage

The West Virginia Senate agreed to the House change to the effective date for Senate Bill 607, a bill relating to federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital improvement projects, and later voted to make the bill effective from passage.

Senator from Lewis moved that the Senate concur with the House change to the effective date; the president called the question and, after a voice vote, declared the motion adopted. The senator then moved that the bill be made effective from passage and asked for a machine vote. The clerk announced the result as 31 yays, 0 nays, and 3 absent/not voting; the president declared the bill effective from passage and directed the clerk to communicate the action to the House.

The action taken on the floor addressed only the bill's effective date as reported by the House. The clerk had earlier read the communication from the House that the change related solely to the effective date portion of the committee substitute for SB 607. No floor debate about the policy content of the bill was recorded in the transcript.

Next steps: the clerk will notify the House of the Senate's action; no further floor action on SB 607 was recorded in this session.