---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cancelling voter registration records for individuals no longer WV residents"
description: "Cancelling voter registration records for individuals no longer WV residents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 624"
citation: "West Virginia SB 624 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f783312-d86c-496f-a375-c9e798f957ef"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=624&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dc5dcec5d0c2b80bfde69be81d5970f8f5f9a6c00d03999097b1ec3ea1aa309a"
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 624 (2024) — Cancelling voter registration records for individuals no longer WV residents

## 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=sb624%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=624)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb624%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=624)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb624%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=624)
4. **sb624 hfa holstein am _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb624%20hfa%20holstein%20am%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb624 hfat fast 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb624%20hfat%20fast%203-8%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb624 sfat trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb624%20sfat%20trump%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-13** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 149) `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Do pass
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 672) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 673)
- **2024-03-08** House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 492)
- **2024-03-09** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 492)
- **2024-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 756)
- **2024-03-09** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 757)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 123, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f783312-d86c-496f-a375-c9e798f957ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).