---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of limited liability companies by Secretary of State"
description: "Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of limited liability companies by Secretary of State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "West Virginia SB 522 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a0386de-6b63-4e70-9d18-0c27cc50053f"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=522&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "54eff8ebf6620201df15aafd1f688233c78d410d6bb1a15832b219974abd575f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 522 (2025) — Clarifying procedure for administrative dissolution of limited liability companies by Secretary of State

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb522%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=522)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb522%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=522)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb522%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=522)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-07** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/7/2025
- **2025-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 92) `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-24** Do pass
- **2025-03-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Placed on House Calendar
- **2025-03-28** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2025-04-04** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Passed House (Roll No. 377) `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-03** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-04** House Message received
- **2025-04-08** To Governor 4/8/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-10** To Governor 4/8/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 7, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a0386de-6b63-4e70-9d18-0c27cc50053f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).