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SB 490 WV
Became Law

Prohibiting ranked-choice voting in elections in West Virginia

WV · session 2025 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 14, 2025

Latest action (Aug 8, 2025) Chapter 106, Acts, Regular Session, 2025

Sponsor (1)
3 coauthors / cosponsors
  • Oliverio Republican · cosponsor
  • Rucker Republican · cosponsor
  • Rose Republican · cosponsor

Action history (31)
  1. Feb 14, 2025 Filed for introduction · upper
  2. Feb 14, 2025 To Judiciary · upper
  3. Feb 14, 2025 Introduced in Senate · upper
  4. Feb 14, 2025 To Judiciary · upper
  5. Feb 27, 2025 Reported do pass · upper
  6. Feb 28, 2025 On 1st reading · upper
  7. Feb 28, 2025 Read 1st time · upper
  8. Mar 3, 2025 On 2nd reading · upper
  9. Mar 3, 2025 Read 2nd time · upper
  10. Mar 4, 2025 On 3rd reading · upper
  11. Mar 4, 2025 Read 3rd time · upper
  12. Mar 4, 2025 Passed Senate (Roll No. 59) · upper
  13. Mar 4, 2025 Ordered to House · upper
  14. Mar 5, 2025 House received Senate message · lower
  15. Mar 5, 2025 Introduced in House · lower
  16. Mar 5, 2025 Immediate consideration · lower
  17. Mar 5, 2025 Reference dispensed · lower
  18. Mar 5, 2025 Read 1st time · lower
  19. Mar 6, 2025 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar · lower
  20. Mar 6, 2025 Read 2nd time · lower
  21. Mar 7, 2025 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar · lower
  22. Mar 7, 2025 Read 3rd time · lower
  23. Mar 7, 2025 Passed House (Roll No. 38) · lower
  24. Mar 7, 2025 Communicated to Senate · lower
  25. Mar 7, 2025 Completed legislative action · lower
  26. Mar 10, 2025 House Message received · upper
  27. Mar 12, 2025 To Governor 3/12/2025 · upper
  28. Mar 18, 2025 Approved by Governor 3/19/2025 - House Journal · lower
  29. Mar 18, 2025 Approved by Governor 3/18/25 · upper
  30. Mar 19, 2025 Approved by Governor 3/18/2025 - Senate Journal · upper
  31. Aug 8, 2025 Chapter 106, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 · upper
Subjects
Elections

Text versions (6)

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  • Enrolled Version · HTML
  • Enrolled Version · PDF
  • Enrolled Version · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • Introduced Version · HTML
  • Introduced Version · PDF
  • Introduced Version · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

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